Canada: Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet established in Canada to organize against legalization of assisted suicide, euthanasia and associated threats

January 10, 2013Amy Hasbrouck, assisted suicide, Canada, Council of Canadians with Disabilities, disability activists, disability rights, euthanasia, Our News & Commentary Blog, Toujours Vivant-Not Dead YetStephen Drake

…ed suicide, and other end-of-life practices as violations of the civil and human rights of elders, people with disabilities, and other vulnerable populations. We assert that society’s overall goal of discouraging suicide – as manifest in laws, policies and programmes aimed at preventing suicide – should be applied equally to all, including people with disabilities. We hold that, in order to realize the promise of the charter of rights and freedoms…

RELEASE: Princeton Attorney Anne Studholme to Testify on Behalf of Disability Groups in New Jersey Assembly Hearing on Assisted Suicide

February 7, 2013ADAPT, Anne Studholme, assisted suicide, diane coleman, legislation, new jersey, Not Dead Yet, Our News & Commentary Blog, press releaseStephen Drake

…crimination against old, ill and disabled people. Princeton, NJ (PRWEB) February 07, 2013 On February 7, 2013, Princeton attorney Anne Studholme will testify on behalf of two national disability rights groups in a hearing held by the [New Jersey Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee on a proposed bill to legalize assisted suicide. Studholme will be representing Not Dead Yet and ADAPT, which oppose the legislation. Assembly bill 3328, entit…

Vermont: Great Article by Activist Rosemarie Jackowski on Assisted Suicide

February 12, 2013assisted suicide, health care reform, health disparities, Our News & Commentary Blog, suicide, suicide prevention, vermontStephen Drake

…with care givers – Stockholm Syndrome. Reported on January 26, 2013 in the Rutland Herald: “…The House Human Services Committee heard testimony Thursday that APS failed to intervene in a Bennington County case of an 89-year-old woman whose daughter was threatening to kill her…” It appears that the daughter wanted the mother’s room and was willing to kill to get it. Those in loving functional families need to know that there are others who are not…

Rochester Disability Community Remembers Disabled Victims of Domestic Violence, Deaf Victims of Euthanasia as Part of National Disability Mourning Day

February 27, 2013Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, center for disability rights, disabilities, disability, disability history, murder, national council on independent living, Our News & Commentary BlogStephen Drake

…en as worthless. The National Council on Independent Living is the longest-running national cross-disability, grassroots organization run by and for people with disabilities. Founded in 1982, NCIL represents thousands of organizations and individuals including: Centers for Independent Living (CILs), Statewide Independent Living Councils (SILCs), individuals with disabilities, and other organizations that advocate for the human and civil rights of…

Council of Canadians with Disabilities Media Advisory – Suicide Celebration Instead of Suicide Prevention

April 25, 2013alex schadenberg, Amy Hasbrouck, assisted suicide, Canada, Council of Canadians with Disabilities, dignitas, euthanasia prevention coalition, media, media bias, Our News & Commentary Blog, press release, suicide, suicide prevention, SwitzerlandStephen Drake

…ity, she believes she will be less worthy, less dignified, less than fully human. In point of fact, disability is NOT a fate worse than death. When people become disabled, they must grieve the loss of abilities they had, just as a parent might grieve the loss of a child, or one grieves the loss of one’s home after a natural disaster. But no one would suggest it’s a good idea for the bereaved parent or survivor of a natural disaster to commit suici…