…dada1@gmail.com Attorneys for Disability Rights Amici NOT DEAD YET, ADAPT, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AUTISTIC SELF ADVOCACY NETWORK, DISABILITY RIGHTS EDUCATION AND DEFENSE FUND, NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND THE UNITED SPINAL ASSOCIATION TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF AUTHORITIES……………………………………………………………….. iii STATEMENT OF ISSUES PRESENTED………………………………………………. 1 BACKGROUND ……………………………………………………………………………… 2 SU…
…ort.pdf [xxvii] Autopsy Cutbacks Reveal “Gray Homicides”: http://canhr.org/newsroom/canhrnewsarchive/2011/NPR20110205.html [xxviii] 42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq. [xxix] See e.g., Not Dead Yet et al. brief in Gonzales v. Oregon (http://www.notdeadyet.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gonzales.html) and Myers v. Schneiderman (http://notdeadyet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/NY-COA-Amicus-Feb-14-2017.pdf) [xxx] Medical Futility in End-of-Life Care, Id. [xx…
…valence Study 2009: http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/reports/Under%20the%20Radar%2005%2012%2011%20final%20report.pdf [16] Autopsy Cutbacks Reveal “Gray Homicides”: http://canhr.org/newsroom/canhrnewsarchive/2011/NPR20110205.html [17] Murder-Suicide, Donna Cohen: http://cfs.cbcs.usf.edu/_docs/news/Cohen_OttawaSun.pdf…
…alth & Developmental Disability Directors National Association of the Deaf National Autism Association National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery National Council on Independent Living National Disability Rights Network National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities National Rehabilitation Association Not Dead Yet Our Children Left Behind Parent to Parent USA Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) TASH: Equity, Opportunity, and Inclusion f…
…ith Dignity case, DHS says, March 4, 2005 (http://www.oregon.gov/dhs/pages/news/2005news/2005-0304a.aspx) [36] Oregon Death With Dignity Act, ORS 127.865, Washington Death With Dignity Act, RCW 70.245 [37] Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act – 2014, page 6, Oregon Public Health Division (https://public.health.oregon.gov/ProviderPartnerResources/EvaluationResearch/DeathwithDignityAct/Documents/year17.pdf) [38] See footnote 34 and additional authori…