TESTIMONY
Oversight Hearing on "Federal Health Programs and Those Who Cannot Care for Themselves: What Are Their Rights, And Our Responsibilities?"Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources Of the Committee on Government Reform Of the U.S. House of Representatives by Diane Coleman, J.D. April 19, 2005 READ TESTIMONY.

COMMENTARY
Schiavo Autopsy Leaves Most Important Questions Unanswered The June 15 release of findings in the autopsy of Terri Schiavo leave the central issues in her life and death unanswered. MORE.

Laura Hershey: Killed by Prejudice Terri Schiavo died on March 31, 2005, not from her 1990 brain injury but because of prejudice, the common assumption that life with a significant disability is not worth living. TheNation.com.

After Terri Schiavo: Why the disability rights movement spoke out, why some of us worried, and where do we go from here? MORE FROM RAGGED EDGE ONLINE

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PUBLISHED OPINION from (and about) the disability community:
Who Pays for Life with Dignity? - ZNet
Testimony of Rud Turnbull - Senate Committee on Health
Terri Schiavo: It's Not Just About Terri Any More - PRWeb
Plea from a family that's been there - The Grass Valley (CA) Union
Knowing Our Minds - Boston Globe
Larger Questions Ignored - North County Times
The Terri Schiavo Success Story - Zeynep Toufe (CounterPunch)
An End to it All - Lennard Davis (Chicago Tribune)
Terri Schiavo: A Cause for the Left? - Mark Polit (CommonDreams.org)
The right and left of the right to die - - Naomi Jaffe (CommonDreams.org)
Not Dead at All - Harriet McBryde Johnson (Slate.com)
Why Schiavo Case Worries the Disabled - Toronto Star
Has disability become a capital offense? -Springfield (MO) News-Leader
Against the killing of the light - CBC (Canada)
Bigotry and the Murder of Terri Schiavo - The Harvard Crimson
No, It's Not About Terri Schiavo Anymore - Mary Johnson (CommonDreams.org)

NEWS STORIES ABOUT Disability Movement and Schiavo Case:
'I have been there' says a mom about Terri Schiavo - KOIN TV News
Issues in Schiavo case live on, disability-rights group says - Indianapolis Star
New end-of-life laws advocated - Buffalo News
Schiavo Raised Profile of Disabled - Washington Post
Schiavo Case Spurring Statehouse Debate - ABC News
Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides? - Chicago Reader
Local advocates want lessons learned from Schiavo case -- Savannah Morning News (registration req'd)
Disabled anxious about case - York Daily Record
My Daughter May Dance - Newsday (Paul Vitello column)
Legacy for life and death - Orange County (CA) Register
Schiavo case raises questions about disabled - Associated Press (at msnbc.msn.com)
Review of guardians' power urged - Chicago Tribune
Disability groups seek legal protection for 'incapacitated' people - Ragged Edge Online
Schiavo case spurs Kansans to action - Lawrence (KS) Journal-World
Rights groups for disabled join in fight - Boston Globe
Disability Rights Challenge - Boulder (CO) Daily Camera