John B. Kelly is the founder of Second Thoughts, the group of disability rights activists opposing assisted suicide in Massachusetts. If you haven't seen him in action, there is a video attached to the article linked below. He is a terrific fighter for our cause, and we congratulate him on receiving this well-deserved … [Read more...] about Some Excellent News: Boston’s Mayor Menino Names Today John B. Kelly Day
Disability Rights Groups' Opposition
The assisted suicide slope is slick for vulnerable people
Once again, Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition has called our attention to an article we missed. We were traveling over the weekend.; That's an explanation, not an excuse. Below is an excellent article by another Canadian friend, disablity rights activist Rhonda Wiebe. We have published the version that appeared on Alex's website … [Read more...] about The assisted suicide slope is slick for vulnerable people
Why is it That People Who Are Not Disabled Receive Suicide Prevention Services, But Once Someone Comes Up with a Disability They’re Offered Encouragement in Dying?
John Kelly of the Massachusetts group of people with disabilities opposing assisted suicide does a wonderful job in this July 5 CNN interview. http://edition.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_mid#/video/health/2012/07/05/ctw-euthanasia-debate.cnn … [Read more...] about Why is it That People Who Are Not Disabled Receive Suicide Prevention Services, But Once Someone Comes Up with a Disability They’re Offered Encouragement in Dying?
Second Thoughts: I don’t see it as that far a distance from torturing autistic kids “for their own good” to killing disabled people because they will be “better off dead.”
Second Thoughts, the Massachusetts coalition of people with disabilities opposed to the legalization of assisted suicide, just posted a link on Facebook to a movement to oppose the use of electric shock on children with developmental disabilities and mental illness. True Dignity finds Second Thoughts's commentary to the link right on. Here it is, in italics below. We also … [Read more...] about Second Thoughts: I don’t see it as that far a distance from torturing autistic kids “for their own good” to killing disabled people because they will be “better off dead.”
‘Death with Dignity’ Bill promises only indignity
Below the line is an excellent article we somehow missed posting when it appeared in the Brattleboro Commons (http://www.commonsnews.org/site/site05/story.php?articleno=3197&page=1) in March 2011. The points it makes are just as valid now as they were then. Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg is a writer, a disability-rights activist, and the leader of the Southern Vermont … [Read more...] about ‘Death with Dignity’ Bill promises only indignity