Canadian Association for Community Living: Press Release on Kaylee Wallace

…rmation: Canadian Association for Community Living Kinsmen Building, York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Tel.: 416-661-9611 ext 204 Fax: 416-661-5701 Website: www.cacl.ca I have nothing to add to this but except thanks to the advocates at CACL. –Stephen Drake…

An additional – and more accessible – copy of the Betancourt ruling

fore – anytime, anywhere, for anyone, through innovative, relevant web-based and mobile-media solutions.” They seem to be serious about that. I know there are quite a number of people who have trouble – or are unable – to access pdf documents. Leagle.com has posted the Appellate Court ruling in Betancourt v. Trinitas in standard html format. It won’t print out looking the same as the published ruling, but the content is all there – easy to access…

Euthanasia Bill Targeting Disabled People Passed By Portuguese Parliament

…a-59734995 President Marcelo de Sousa must still sign the bill for it to become law and is said to have reservations about euthanasia. Messages can be sent to him via his website, urging him to again refer this to the Constitutional Court. This time, the problem is not so much “precision” but rather disability discrimination. BTW, Portugal is one of the 162 States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The President’…

Candor From Eric Cantor – Government Healthcare Rationing Bad, But OK if Private Sector Does It

…ing here is that he and his colleagues are for people having different “outcomes” regarding their access to healthcare, with affluent people having good outcomes and middle class and below having pretty crappy ones. In other words, if you’ve been thinking that the Republican proposals on healthcare are going to result in much poorer access to healthcare, Eric Cantor just told you that you are not paranoid at all. This will hit the population of pe…