The ADA is not dead yet, and so are we. In 1991 when I was learning the details of the Americans with Disabilities Act, in order to educate others with disabilities, business owners, governments, etc., the dates for entry into compliance of many of the law’s provisions seemed very far away. I had seen and […]
In Canada this week, the issues of assisted suicide and euthanasia were argued before the Supreme Court. Here’s some of the coverage/commentary published before the date of the arguments (10/15): Dave Hingsburger is a respected – almost revered, and for good reason – voice in the disability rights community. He missed a presentation at a […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 19, 2014 CONTACT Diane Coleman 708-420-0539; Amy Hasbrouck 450-921-3057 Disability Rights Activists Begin Second Day of Protests Against International Euthanasia Group Meeting in Chicago Canadian and Québécois activists will join American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT), Not Dead Yet (NDY) and other disability rights groups in Chicago September 18-20 to protest the […]
A fair amount of news this week. Most of it is good news. And none of it’s really bad. First – the good. Not one, but three assisted suicide measures were voted down in New Hampshire! (You can read about specifics regarding the main bill – HB 1325 – here.) Here is info on 2 […]
Press Release from Toujours-Vivant-Not Dead Yet: Bill 52 And Suicide Prevention Week: Deadly Irony VALLEYFIELD, QC, Feb. 1, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ – While Quebec marks suicide prevention week from February 2-8, disability rights activists believe Bill 52, which would allow euthanasia of ill and disabled people, undermines the public policy of suicide prevention. “There is […]
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal that would have permitted doctors to end life support for a severely brain-damaged man without the consent of his family or a substitute decision maker. Under the Health Care Consent Act, doctors who want to withdraw life support from an incapacitated person without the consent of […]
