…sted dying – UN experts GENEVA (25 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed alarm at a growing trend to enact legislation enabling access to medically assisted dying based largely on having a disability or disabling conditions, including in old age. “We all accept that it could never be a well-reasoned decision for a person belonging to any other protected group – be it a racial minority, gender or sexual minorities – to end their l…
Today, as part of the National Disability Leadership Alliance, NDY is proud to share the first images from The Disability Collection, a dedicated collection of images that authentically portray people with disabilities in everyday life. Smiling young female adaptive athlete getting advice from adaptive basketball coach during practice on summer evening Three lovely women spending time enjoying coffee at the cafe and using sign language as a way o…
…abuse cases in the United States annually, many are not. Once the lethal drugs are in the home, the drugs might be administered with or without the individual’s consent. Even if they struggled against it, who would know? When we’re talking about changing public policy that impacts both the health care system that everyone depends on, and the real world of families that are not necessarily all loving and supportive, we have an obligation to thin…
…elly: There’s no telling how many souls Shari Hope Kelly escorted into the world during her decades as a labor and delivery nurse. Nor can one quantify the innumerable psyches she soothed as a rape crisis counselor and an instructor in social science at Pima Community College. And Kelly treated herself as compassionately as she did all others. She spent years thoughtfully formulating a plan. She long suspected the day would come when the physical…
…ability rights advocates in cities across the United States and around the world are protesting the latest Hollywood movie to end with the assisted suicide or euthanasia of the lead disabled character. Advocates in [city] will be at [Theater Name] at [Theater address] on [Date] at [Time – specify half hour after your protesters plan to arrive so they are ready when media arrive]. Me Before You is scheduled for general audience release on Friday, J…
