Pages tagged "disability"
Disability, devaluing and discrimination
Nov 05, 2020
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability handed down its interim report this week.
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Disability Prejudice
Jul 03, 2020
Disability advocates both here in Australia and around the world have been at the forefront of the movement opposing the legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide. They highlight the inherent dangers of euthanasia legislation for people living with disabilities in the context of a society that daily makes value judgments about the “quality” or otherwise of their lives.
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No-one asked if I was okay
Sep 12, 2019
Three years ago, disability advocate Samantha Connor and a group of disabled friends conducted a small protest outside the Australian premiere of Me Before You, a Hollywood film about a wealthy banker who is paralysed in an accident and ends his life at Dignitas, the Swiss euthanasia clinic.
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Assisted Suicide Poses Disturbing Threat to Disabled Community
Oct 17, 2017
Legislation to sanction euthanasia has been introduced in Victoria and New South Wales, and the inevitable effects upon the disabled community are disturbing.
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Administrative Error - An Open Letter to the Greens on Euthanasia Safeguards
Jan 17, 2017
by Sam Connor First published on Sam's blog 'Gimpled'An Open Letter to the Greens on Euthanasia Safeguards (ALL MPs take note!)
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We must not go gently into the night
Oct 20, 2016
article by Sam Connor first appeared on her blog: Gimpled. Ed: On Tuesday the 18th of October Sam and other disability activists and advocates gathered in Adelaide, South Australia, to speak to parliamentarians about the problems with euthanasia.You can see the look of strain in Glenda Lee's (second left) eyes as she prepares to meet with media. There are cameramen bending down to wheelchair height to clip microphones onto her brightly coloured scarf. Her power wheelchair is wedged into an artfully arranged cluster of manual and power chairs.
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One bill down, one to go in South Australia
Oct 20, 2016
by Paul Russell: The Shadow Disability Minister in SA simply doesn't get it.
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Disability activists tell SA MPs 'No' to euthanasia. AMA agrees.
Oct 18, 2016
by Paul Russell: Today a diverse group of disability activists assembled in the South Australian Parliament to deliver a very clear message to politicians about their concerns with the euthanasia legislation currently under debate.The Voluntary Euthanasia Bill 2016 was tabled by Steph Key MP in February this year. It is the most extreme bill of the thirteen presented thus far in the SA Parliament and would effectively make South Australia the 'Belgium of the south'.
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Disability activists say NO to SA euthanasia bill
Oct 17, 2016
by Paul Russell: Lives Worth Living and Not Dead Yet Australia have joined together to let the South Australian Parliament know that they strongly oppose the Voluntary Euthanasia Bill 2016 in its current and its proposed (amended) form.Writing to the parliament this week, Lives Worth Living made some keen observations:
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John Moxon: A Few Thoughts on Assisted Suicide
Oct 10, 2016
By John Moxon I think the aspect of the assisted suicide debate that I find most troubling is the inequity involved - the way people who are not perceived as having a disability but who attempt or even talk about committing suicide are universally encouraged to not end their lives. With calls for all sorts of funding for programs to support people to see that suicide is not the way to go: that there's always a way to resolve your fears and problems that doesn't involve death.Time and again we hear of the devastating effects of suicide on the loved ones who are left behind.
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