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Calif. – Ed Roberts Day Declared – his impact on disability rights and his relationship to NDY issues

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…— January 23 has been named Ed Roberts Day in California, in honor of the Cal alum who pioneered the disability-rights movement on campus and nationwide. Roberts, who was the first Berkeley student to rely on a wheelchair when he arrived in 1962, is recognized as the father of the independent living movement for people with disabilities and special needs. He died in 1995. There is also a comprehensive biography of Roberts on Wikipedia – a good sta…

My Favorite Robin Williams Movie – Awakenings – The One That Always Makes Me Cry

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…’t prepared for how familiar Robin Williams’ character would be on a personal level. (Important note – at this point in my life, I’d been working as a staff person in one setting or another that allegedly helped people with developmental disabilities for over ten years.) At the moment, I was living comfortably, happily and monkishly in the masters program in Special Ed at Syracuse University. I was great with students, clients, and in a structured…

John Kelly Quoted in NPR Thanksgiving Day Article on POLST

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…[a do-not-resuscitate order]. They interpret it as meaning no treatment at all.” Shute also spoke with Dr. Susan Tolle, identified as “director of the Center for Ethics in Health Care at Oregon Health Science University”, though not mentioning that Tolle is also a member of the executive committee of the National POLST Paradigm Task Force. According to Tolle: “We would encourage doctors to reach out to patients if they would not be surprised if th…

Archdiocese of Boston Newspaper Features Interview with ‘Second Thoughts’ Director John Kelly

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…n conservative ‘right to life’ and religious groups on one side, and ‘liberals’ who support individual choice on the other.” Second Thoughts says it encourages voters “to look at assisted suicide in the real world” which it says is one “where insurance companies and other organizations try to limit spending on health care”; “where disabled people face discrimination through architectural barriers and unemployment while lacking in-home services to…