…, modern images that accurately represent people with disabilities. Global search data from 2016 to 2017 indicates that searches for “wheelchair access” increased 371% year over year on GettyImages.com. Additionally, “disabled worker” was up 254%, “autism awareness” increased 196%, and “deafness” was up 144%. “Member organizations of the National Disability Leadership Alliance – and the disability community in general – have worked for decades to…
…tegic. Anyone who is a political cable news junkie knows about the “Friday news dump.” News “dumped” on a Friday minimizes news coverage – news readership of papers is down, news stations aren’t staffed as well. By the time Monday comes, the news is stale and no longer news at all. Strong Hospital and the Catholic Family Center picked a perfect Friday for minimizing any attention being given to the death of Dorothy Livadas. The media is focussed o…
The American Medical News has an article out today about the Georgia Supreme Court decision that ruled the state’s assisted suicide law unconstitutional. (We referred to the legislation as “half-assed.”) The decision has the immediate effect of negating the charges against members of the Final Exit Network (FEN). The account is pretty straightforward and is pretty good at referring what the group says they do instead of reporting their claims as…
…ld have been a statement of full disclosure about the relationship between CNN and the movie. CNN stage-managed the “interviews” that have served as the basis for most of the news coverage – and CNN’s coverage was more like advertising. From where I sit, it means that CNN’s financial interests have affected the coverage of Kevorkian and assisted suicide. And it will continue. Because in June, HBO will be airing a documentary on Kevorkian – also no…
…ave written numerous opinion pieces published in mainstream newspapers and online news outlets. Here are examples: Jules Good: Disabled people need ‘supports to live, not tools to die’ (Seacoast Online, 02/24/24) Pam Heavens: Illinois should not legalize ‘physician-assisted suicide.’ There’s too much potential for abuse. (Chicago Sun Times, 02/24/24) Lisa Beaudoin: Opinion: The misguided rhetoric of the End-of-Life Options bill (Concord Monitor 02…
