Stephen Drake

Retired - Not Dead Yet, disability rts grp, oppose asst suicide & euthanasia. 1st generation person w shunt. Full-time curmudgeon. #hydrocephalus #NVLD #NLD

[Diane Coleman @ndycoleman]

Link to click-and-send letter with option to add personal message: https://t.co/S8uoSlY0x5

[Stephen Drake @StephenDrakeNDY]

Some of my most disturbing interactions with doctors involved them saying something I knew to be absolutely wrong - and they made the statements with the full voice of authority used when they *did* know what they were talking about. #doctorscanbeassholes

[Not Dead Yet @NotDeadYetUSA]

Please take action against legalizing assisted suicide in Massachusetts! Use an NDY template to send an email to the MA Joint Committee on Health Care Financing by following three easy steps. https://t.co/cUkKiZrZTe

[Stephen Drake @StephenDrakeNDY]

Two behemoths dominate the motorized wheelchair industry. Disabled customers are paying the price. https://t.co/kXrnrCk1gj via @MotherJones

[Not Dead Yet @NotDeadYetUSA]

Canada & disability: "[E]xpansions to MAiD not only feel like a threat, but a promise...that the gov't...will deny us accessible housing so the only option left is MAiD. They will force us to live below the poverty line so the only option left is MAiD." https://t.co/XvBg3U08VT

[Stephen Drake @StephenDrakeNDY]

The NRA Country Concert Is Kaput https://t.co/rOAyo3BlYb via @RollingStone

[Gene Wu @GeneforTexas]

Tell me again how the real danger to our children is teachers discussing RACE in the classroom?

[Stephen Drake @StephenDrakeNDY]

“The time to stop the next shooting is right now, and you are doing nothing.
--Beto O'Rourke disrupting Greg Abbott press event.
#UvaldeMassacre #BetoORourke #GunControlNow

[Stephen Drake @StephenDrakeNDY]

Beto O'Rourke interrupts Texas Gov. Abbott's press conference: "You're offering us nothing" https://t.co/PorLCcgU1Q

[Stephen Drake @StephenDrakeNDY]

True story.

[Not Dead Yet @NotDeadYetUSA]

From the Cannes Film Festival: "In the movie, anybody over 75 is encouraged to sign up for a deal with the government by which they receive a sum of money in return for agreeing to be euthanised. A collective funeral is thrown in for free." https://t.co/sW2YdI6Q9B

[Stephen Drake @StephenDrakeNDY]

https://t.co/c9FeJiTztw

[Not Dead Yet @NotDeadYetUSA]

Announcing @NotDeadYetUSA's new Assistant Director and Policy Analyst, @JulesGood1009. “Jules brings strong social media experience & a crucial ability to communicate with & engage younger disabled people in these life and death issues,” says @ndycoleman. https://t.co/YbdHgmFxhj

[Not Dead Yet @NotDeadYetUSA]

“These [assisted suicide] policies are especially a danger to people w/ disabilities of all ages,” explained [@ndycoleman]."...a lot of people assume it's pain (why people choose to die) but that isn't the case, the top five reasons are disability-related" https://t.co/jwuENIiN7H

[Not Dead Yet @NotDeadYetUSA]

Medicare patients continue to experience harm during hospital stays, even after a decade of intensive efforts to decrease provider-caused adverse events... https://t.co/TWgEFG1XqW

[Patients' Rights Action Fund @PRAFund]

Legalizing #assistedsuicide disproportionally affects the lives of people with disabilities, older adults, and the economically disadvantaged by putting an inexpensive lethal option on the table while other choices become less available, affordable, and/or accessible.

[John Kelly @JohnBrianKelly]

In US, seriously ill people face the crisis of entering a nursing home or trying to stay in inaccessible home w inadequate/abusive "help." People who “feel like a burden” (54% in OR) are pressured into assisted suicide. Answer: funded home care, more accessible housing. #mapoli

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

NEWS: Melissa Lucio was granted a stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The April 27th execution date is canceled and Melissa’s case will be sent back to the Cameron County trial court for consideration of four claims. Alleluia!