…s, notwithstanding what’s required. Medical complications from the lethal drugs used, have added to any miseries already present for terminally ill patients. Doctors have urged lethal drugs on sick patients who did not ask for them. Hollow safeguards and neglectful oversight And it’s not difficult to show that, under the Oregon model mimicked by this bill, that: Misdiagnosis and incorrect prognosis, common in medicine, can end lives prematurely Pe…
…t Dead Yet advocate. She was a major player in the NDY protest against the World Federation of Right To Die Societies in September 2014 in Chicago. And she helped lead the protest against the first assisted suicide bill introduced in Albany this year, which received excellent coverage in The Village Voice, including choice quotes such as “People with disabilities are told every day they’d be better off dead,” says Stephanie Woodward, a 26-year-old…
…ing Denver CERT in 2011, Anita became the first visually impaired CERT instructor for the State of Colorado in 2012, 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. Anita wrote a very helpful article on personal disaster preparation that contains excellent and practical…
…e, we strongly support continued regulatory action in the form of proposed rulemaking as outlined in “Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Critical Health and Human Service Programs or Activities” (RIN: 0945-AA15). Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Sincerely, American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) Maria Town President & CEO American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Ronald L. Newman National Political Directo…
…legalized euthanasia, and the Canadian Supreme Court has reversed its 1993 ruling in the Rodriguez case, and said that assisted suicide is A-OK for people with disabilities. In 1990 I looked forward to transit access, usable print materials, more sign language interpreters, acceptance of HIV/AIDS. What I didn’t expect is that 25 years later I would be immersed in a struggle for the lives of people with disabilities. I didn’t expect to be confronti…
