Lisa Blumberg: What Principles Should Govern Charlie Gard’s Case?

July 26, 2017bioethics, court cases, ethics, futility, Health care decision-making, Lisa Blumberg, Our News & Commentary Blog, Peter Singer, surrogate decision making, treatment withdrawal, United Kingdombioethics, Health care decision making, Lisa BlumbergDiane Coleman

…e permitted to bring him home. I cannot get a handle on the situation from news reports. Is Charlie terminally ill or is he instead locked in? Do his doctors even know? Is he in irremediable pain or is his suffering intuited by his “undignified” circumstances? Would the new treatment, if given timely, have offered a hope of stabilizing his condition or giving him an increase in function, even though he still might have had a considerable disabilit…

Press Release: Disability Rights Advocates Cheer High Court Constitutional Ruling Against Assisted Suicide

December 21, 2022aid in dying, assisted suicide, court decisions, end-of-life options bills, john kelly, Massachusetts, Not Dead Yet, Our News & Commentary Blog, Press Releases, Second Thoughtsaid in dying, assisted suicide, court decision, Not Dead Yet, press release, Second ThoughtsDiane Coleman

…• American Association of People with Disabilities • Assn of Programs for Rural Independent Living • Autistic Self Advocacy Network • Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network • Disability Rights Legal Center • National Council on Independent Living • Not Dead Yet • National Organization of Nurses with Disabilities • TASH • United Spinal Association • World Institute on Disability Massachusetts State Organizations • The Arc of Massachusetts • Disabili…

Shavelson Case Seeking Euthanasia Under Assisted Suicide Law Dismissed

December 9, 2022"death with dignity", aid in dying, amicus brief, assisted suicide, court decisions, dredf, end-of-life options bills, euthanasia, Our News & Commentary Blogassisted suicide expansion, Court Decisions, euthanasia, Friend of the Court Brief, Shavelson caseDiane Coleman

…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…

Not Dead Yet – Staff

…ing Denver CERT in 2011, Anita became the first visually impaired CERT instructor for the State of Colorado, and in 2013, became a CERT Program Manager for the State. She has assisted in numerous exercises and real-world incidents with Denver CERT, including serving as a radio communications operator during the Colorado Flood of 2013 and remotely assisting survivors of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in disaster relief in 2017. Anita has written extens…

Bill Peace, Stephen Kuusisto and a Little from Me on the Growing Cheerleading Squad for Tomas Young’s Suicide

March 21, 2013bigotry, bill peace, media, media bias, Our News & Commentary Blog, stephen Kuusisto, suicide, Tomas Young, VSEDStephen Drake

…st Letter” from Young that has been forwarded countless places on the web. Today, he was interviewed on “Democracy Now.” Both Bill Peace and Stephen Kuusisto have written followups, and they’ll give you a little more info and some excellent thoughts and analysis on this death train. First from Bill Peace writes on the misleading reporting on Thomas Young: The Huffington Post published a story yesterday entitled “Thomas Young, Dying Iraq Veteran Pe…