…ability Rights Wisconsin v. University of Wisconsin Hospital Centers. We recommend that the IOM recommendations be revised include a reference best practices in supporting people with disabilities to make health care decisions, including supported decision-making. We are also deeply concerned that established programs for advance care planning (ACP) were developed without input from people with disabilities who have first- hand knowledge of how to…
…AP-Ipsos poll on Kevorkian and assisted suicide earlier this year. This latest example of AP reporting isn’t so much about outright misinformation as it is about sloppiness and superficiality. AP reporter William McCall’s story about the Battin study is making the rounds now in Oregon and Canada. Typically, McCall goes to pro-life sources for criticisms. This is a pattern for McCall who has seldom if ever mentioned disability opposition to euthan…
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…e and, for many, it has had life-changing consequences. According to the latest figures, disabled people make up 59% of all COVID-19 related deaths. In meeting this challenge the country has come together in universal praise of those working on the NHS* and social care front lines. The desire for them to receive the funding and resources needed to expand and improve services has been overwhelming. Legalising assisted suicide, especially now, shoul…
…s. If, in addition, one is from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Trans (LGBT) community, as I am, that devaluation becomes exponential. As a Black Latina, I could never wrap my head around the assisted suicide phenomenon. I thought that it was some odd thing that privileged White people were into. My thoughts were confirmed when I learned that the Pew Research Center recently found that while 54% of Whites supported assisted suicide, 65% of Blacks an…
