…OF THE DISABILITY RIGHTS MOVEMENT. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Resistance <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Bob Kafka, ADAPT ___________________________________ National Disability Organizations That Oppose Legalization of Assisted Suicide ADAPT (American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today) Assn of Programs for Rural Independent Living Autistic Self Advocacy Network Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Justice For All National Council on Disabilit…
…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 value…
…e of us who battle on are ‘cowardly’ and ‘selfish’, which is unfair and untrue.” Dr Garner-Jones, 53, was paralysed from the chest down and has limited use of only her left hand after a lorry ploughed into her car 34-years-ago. As mentioned at the top of this post, Dr. Garner-Jones asked her MP to take up her cause in Parliament. He did. Echoing Dr Garner-Jones, Dr Pugh warned: “The proposals involve an individual regarding their life as intolerab…
…management, nursing care and hospice, not trade the dignity and life of a human being for the bottom line. Voters also learned that the type of suffering Marcia Angell was talking about was not pain, not actual physical pain. Pain is a medical problem that palliative care can solve. As palliative care expert Ira Byock has testified, If I thought lethal prescriptions were necessary to alleviate suffering, I would support them. In 34 years of pract…
…opposed by the disability community. AFSCME has repeatedly trampled on the human and civil rights of people with disabilities and the elderly. The union has sacrificed the freedom of people with disabilities and the elderly to increase their own membership and union dues, stealing lives to line their own pockets. This must stop. ADAPT demands AFSCME immediately endorse the Community Choice Act and work with ADAPT to develop a strategy for the unio…
