…ave been urged by physicians to remove life-sustaining treatment at a critical juncture and, after their families fought such recommendations, have survived and gone on to value their lives. Some members initially contemplated suicide following a severe and life-threatening injury, but were denied that option under prior law, and went on to value their lives. Each of the Disability Rights Amici brings a specific perspective to the policy debate ab…
…rights perspective on topics related to assisted suicide, euthanasia, medical ethics, third party decisions to withhold life-sustaining medical treatment and homicides of persons with disabilities. There were over 70,740 views of the website during the reporting year, and NDY posted 162 Facebook entries and 257 tweets. NDY posted five videos on Not Dead Yet’s You Tube channel. Media: National NDY issued ten press releases. NDY staff, board and ac…
…rights perspective on topics related to assisted suicide, euthanasia, medical ethics, third party decisions to withhold life-sustaining medical treatment and homicides of persons with disabilities. There were over 68,650 views of the website during the reporting year, and NDY posted 157 Facebook entries and 187 tweets. NDY created or participated in four videos on NDY topics. Media: National NDY issued seven press releases and participated in two…
…ut also for all persons with disabilities across the nation that have physical mobility limitations or other chronic health conditions that impact their ability to perform CPR. NOND’s mission is directed to promoting equity for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions in nursing through education and advocacy. How NOND accomplishes its work occurs in a variety of ways for example, NOND’s collaboration with the American Heart Associat…
…pitals to reallocate the personal ventilators of people who seek acute medical care in a hospital during a time of triage to others deemed more likely to survive based on a mechanical scoring system. 2. The Guidelines deprive people with disabilities of a nondiscriminatory emergency preparedness program and risk placing chronic ventilator users in potentially life-threatening situations in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”),…
