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Press Release: Not Dead Yet, Autistic Self Advocacy Network and 12 Other Disability Groups File Friend-of-Court Brief in Wisconsin Case Alleging Medical Care Withheld Due to Disability

[Editor’s Note:  For a pdf formatted version of this press release, and link to the friend-of-the-court brief in Word format, go here.] On Friday May 23, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Not Dead Yet, and 12 other disability rights organizations filed an amicus brief in a case challenging the University of Wisconsin Hospital Center’s alleged … Continue reading Press Release: Not Dead Yet, Autistic Self Advocacy Network and 12 Other Disability Groups File Friend-of-Court Brief in Wisconsin Case Alleging Medical Care Withheld Due to Disability

ABC News: NDY’s Stephen Drake Interviewed for Stephen Hawking Story and additional info/context

I was interviewed this morning by Susan Donaldson James, a digital reporter of ABC News.   The story she was writing – now finished – concerned Stephen Hawking’s recent endorsement of assisted suicide and a little about the Barbara Mancini case. Overall, I believe the perspectives of NDY were portrayed fairly in the story, even though … Continue reading ABC News: NDY’s Stephen Drake Interviewed for Stephen Hawking Story and additional info/context