John Oliver Takes on Guardianship Abuse
For anyone unfamiliar with the show, HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” features in-depth, dark – and often viciously humorous takes on important news. The last show shared the often dark and...
View ArticleNew Jersey: Disability Advocates Testify Against Assisted Suicide Bill
Assisted suicide is being promoted once again in New Jersey, going through the Assembly Judiciary meeting. This bill made it through the Assembly twice in previous legislative sessions, but failed to...
View ArticleYouTube: EZ Breezy Assisted Suicide w/ Bill Peace (and Tipsy Tulligan)
2010 was a horrible year for friend and NDY board member Bill Peace. Here’s a summary from a post back in 2012: Back in 2010, our friend, colleague and ally Bill Peace, experienced a long, expensive...
View Article“End of Life Washington” Promotes Directive to Prevent Feeding Assistance to...
(The following continues coverage and discussion of an initiative regarding efforts to let dementia patients “refuse” assistance to eat. We discussed this in November 2017. You can check out that blog...
View ArticleMumbai: Elderly Couple Want to be Euthanized
From The Telegraph: A city-based elderly couple have sought President Ram Nath Kovind’s permission for active euthanasia or “assisted suicide”, saying they “are of no use to the society or themselves”....
View ArticleNDY Board Member Mike Volkman Writes About Assisted Suicide and “Dignity” in...
Mike Volkman is a long-time member of Not Dead Yet’s Board of Directors. Mike joined Not Dead Yet at its inception in 1996. He had been on the staff of the Capital District Center for Independence in...
View ArticleWA, USA: Assisted Suicide Advocates Push Documents for People with Dementia...
Below is an article published on Friday, 11/3/17 by Kaiser Health News. The original article can be found at https://khn.org/news/new-instructions-could-let-dementia-patients-refuse-spoon-feeding/ and...
View ArticleFour Years After His Death, Disabled 8-Year-Old’s Death in Organ Donation is...
The LA Times is reporting that the death of a disabled 8-year-old boy in 2013 is currently under investigation by Los Angeles police and the DA office. Back in 2013, Cole Hartman’s father found his...
View ArticleAustralia: Liz Carr Singing and Talking Against Assisted Suicide
Anyone who reads this blog or follows the international euthanasia/assisted debate should be familiar with Liz Carr – whose website describes her as an actor, comedian, presenter, and activist. The...
View ArticleNew Mobility Highlights “2016 People of the Year: The Resisters”
Few in the disability community would argue about 2016 being a hard year – assaults on the Americans with Disabilities Act, assaults on our access to education, assaults on safety nets many of us rely...
View ArticleAustralia: Liz Carr speaks about euthanasia and assisted suicide (youtube)
Liz Carr is a British activist, actor, comedian, essayist (there’s also a musical added to her resume, but more about that at another time). Debate on euthanasia and assisted suicide has kicked up...
View ArticleSometimes They Really ARE Out To Get You: Allergies, EpiPens, Playgrounds &...
Back in my teens (late 60s-mid 70s), a popular poster displayed the following statement: “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they AREN’T out to get you”. I think it’s still fairly popular – not...
View ArticleAUGUST 4: ONLINE VIGIL FOR THE MURDERED DISABLED PEOPLE OF SAGAMIHARA
A few days ago, we reported the news of the massacre of 19 disabled people in Sagamihara, Japan. There’s been a lot of writing within the disability community about this horrific hate crime, but very...
View ArticlePaul Gallico, Disability and Love: How and why he changed the ending to “The...
During recent “Me Before You” discussions, some of us wondered if most fictional romances between disabled and nondisabled characters were always cut short. I started thinking about a story I read a...
View ArticleVIDEO: The Disability Community Responds to Me Before You movie
There’s a brand new video created by Carrie Ann Lucas celebrating protests of the movie “Me Before You” by the disability community on three continents. Carrie is on the Board of Directors of NDY and...
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Do You Enjoy Martinis, Bloody Marys and Margharitas? You can Make Them...
There are three things that a lot of people do this time of year: Shop; Give gifts; and drink alchohol. Some of the more popular drinks are martinis, bloody marys and margharitas. And for a lot of...
View ArticleNot Dead of Texas Issues Statement on Chris Dunn “Futility” Case
This is a followup to yesterday’s post about Chris Dunn. Not Dead Yet of Texas has issued a released a release regarding the “futility” decision being fought by the family of Chris Dunn. For Immediate...
View ArticleNew Futility Case in Texas
It’s been a while since we’ve posted anything on it, but futile care policies have been an area of concern for NDY and other disability rights groups for many years. Things have been quiet for awhile,...
View ArticleTwo New Posts by Bill Peace at “Bad Cripple”
NDY board member Bill Peace has been writing more on his blog Bad Cripple. Two of his recent posts last 2 touch directly on NDY concerns. In You Can’t do That, he describes the ways in which...
View ArticleRochester, NY: “Don’t buy into ‘aid in dying’” Guest Column by NDY’s Stephen...
Rochester, NY is my hometown. I was born here and lived here until I was 25. After that, I lived on-and-off in Syracuse and Rochester. In 1997, I moved to Chicago and moved back to Rochester in 2008. I...
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