NDY President Diane Coleman Submits Comments on Futile Care Policies to National Council on Disability

April 22, 2013diane coleman, futile care, futility, national council on disability, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…Before the National Council on Disability – April 22, 2013 I’m commenting today to urge NCD to take a leadership position in addressing the problem of so-called futile care laws and policies which allow doctors to deny life-sustaining treatment to people with disabilities who want and need it. The common thread running through stories we hear is that our lives with disability are seen as less worth living, so much less that health care providers…

ADAPT – and NDY – Celebrate Community First Choice Option in Health Care

March 24, 2010ADAPT, health care reform, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…Health Care Reform ADAPT, the national cross-disability grassroots group, today celebrates the inclusion of the Community First Choice (CFC) Option and other long term care-related provisions in the health care reform package passed by the House on Sunday, March 21. These provisions bring people with disabilities across America one step closer to home and community-base supports and ending the institutional bias in Medicaid. Twenty years ago, wit…

New Vlog! HCBS Part 1: First, a Little History

August 3, 2023Our News & Commentary BlogJules Good

…t’s what our policies were designed to fund, and now getting funding and structural support for anything else is an uphill battle. We’ll talk more about barriers to accessing HCBS in the next video in this series, but understanding this inherent flaw in how HCBS is set up is crucial to understanding what it is. So what services are provided through HCBS? They’re typically broken down into two categories: health services and human services. Not all…

Not Dead Yet Condemns Maine Governor’s Signing of Assisted Suicide Bill

June 12, 2019"death with dignity", aid in dying, assisted suicide, Maine, Michael Reynolds, Our News & Commentary Blog, press releaseaid in dying, assisted suicide, death with dignity, Maine, press releaseDiane Coleman

…n and abuse.” Reynolds had been scheduled to speak to the Governor’s staff today at 1:00 p.m. along with two others, but learned shortly beforehand that the call was cancelled. Reynolds had penned a recent op-ed in the Bangor Daily News on the issue. He had planned to report on yesterday’s decision by the American Medical Association to maintain it’s longstanding opposition to these bills. He would also have made the following points, which are al…

Lisa Blumberg: The Anonymous Three: Child Euthanasia in Belgium and Elsewhere

September 19, 2018Belgium, Conversation Project, euthanasia, Lisa Blumberg, Our News & Commentary BlogBelgium, euthanasia, Lisa BlumbergDiane Coleman

…1b7da8d http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/0700/0700ft1.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/child-dies-by-euthanasia-in-belgium-where-assistance-in-dying-is-legal/ https://theconversationproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/ConversationProject-StarterKit-Pediatric-English.pdf https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/children-are-being-euthanized-in-belgium/2018/08/06/9473bac2-9988-11e8-b60b-1c897f17e185_story.html?utm_term=.0310c1b7da8d Ibid. http:/…