Oath, NDLA and Getty Images Launch New Disability Image Collection

May 17, 2018media bias, media coverage, national disability leadership alliance, Our News & Commentary Blog, press release, The Disability CollectionNational Disability Leadership Alliance, press releaseDiane Coleman

…ertainment events each year, impactful creative imagery to communicate any commercial concept and the world’s deepest digital archive of historic photography. Visit Getty Images at www.gettyimages.com to learn more about how the company is advancing the unique role of still and moving imagery in communication and business, and enabling creative ideas to come to life. For company news and announcements, visit our Press Room, and for the stories and…

Oath, National Disability Leadership Alliance and Getty Images Launch New Disability Image Collection

NDY Response to NY Dept. of Health Advance Care Planning Request for Information

…in the event that the individual has not designated a proxy. Additional specific comments and recommendations concerning the forms are provided below. 11) Are the current advance care planning forms (MOLST, Health Care Proxy, DNR) easy to understand? Please explain. As the TRIAD studies cited above demonstrate, about half of health care providers don’t understand MOLST and DNRs. Given health care providers’ inadequate understanding of the forms, t…

NDY Public Comment To U.S. Senate Aging Committee About Guardianship & Its Alternatives

…sues related to adult guardianship. We commend the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging’s recognition of the need for policymaking in this area. We strongly believe that the Federal government has a key role to play in guardianship reform, eliminating guardianship abuse and in promoting person centered and rights oriented alternatives to guardianship. As your letter states, it is estimated that there are 1.3 million adults under guardia…

Lisa Blumberg: Life, Liberty and Security in Canada – Is this the way we are headed?

January 16, 2020"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, Canada, euthanasia, Lisa Blumberg, Our News & Commentary Blog, Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yetaid in dying, assisted suicide, Canada, death with dignity, euthanasia, MAID, Toujours Vivant/Not Dead Yet CanadaDiane Coleman

…in palliative care, a progressive Democrat and an opponent of assisted suicide laws has stated, “When doctor-induced death becomes an accepted response to the suffering of dying people, logical extensions grease the slippery slope.” (1) Supporters of such laws have written, “It is reasonable to proceed incrementally…Thus, the restriction of physician assisted death to terminally ill patients should not necessarily be regarded as a permanent restr…