…official record on appeal. Thank you for all your support as amici in the case. I believe it made a difference. NDY adds our thanks to the organizations that joined DREDF’s important brief: American Association of People with Disabilities, Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network, Disability Rights Legal Center, National Council on Independent Living, National Organi…
…ths to live; however, he proved the doctors wrong. After J.J. underwent a grueling regimen of surgery, chemotherapy, and an experimental treatment, his cancer subsided. Following his recovery, J.J. became a national advocate for the terminally ill. In his role as President of the Patients’ Rights Action Fund, J.J. worked to prevent the legalization of physician-assisted suicide in New York and other states. J.J.’s experience with cancer, together…
…hand wringing over the growing costs of healthcare than we see today. On a worldwide basis, whether paid by private insurance or government programs, there are worried statements that this growth is not sustainable, all coming from professionals who have healthcare themselves. Meanwhile, those who struggle to get the healthcare they need face the threat of more cuts. In the U.S., this led to repeated protests and arrests of disability activists th…
…fered from Lou Gehrig’s disease moved into her home, named her his estate trustee, deeded his home to a trust, and then died by physician-assisted suicide.” Two days after Thomas Middleton died, Sawyer listed the property for sale and deposited the sale money into one of her own accounts. This story came to light, not through any assisted suicide program safeguards, but through suspicious real estate transactions. Americans place tremendous valu…
…among my crowd, anyway) was a poster that took the established military recruitment posters suggesting enlistees would “see the world” and turned it inside out. The poster was the conventional “Uncle Sam” pointing at you and said “Join the Army – travel to distant lands; meet exciting, unusual people and kill them.” I have no idea if Exoo ever recruited members for his “Compassionate Chaplaincy,” but I thought maybe he might have a recruiting post…
