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I'm not familiar with Breach Media who wrote the linked article. How reputable are they generally? I find the quality of journalism ok but not as good as others. Like Carrie Tait and Alanna Smith from Globe and Mail. (Reports following the AHS CEO firing/Private surgical facilities scandal).

Any insight on Breach or their authors/journalists?

Yeah, this is where I get caught in circles. I get, as a whole this UN committee, as well as many other organizations, want to push for as much improvement as possible. Very reasonable and understandable they have the goals to improve the rights of humans and ensure equality. I may not like the some of the suggestions, but they do have a supported rationale even if I'm not 100% sold on 100% of their recommendations.

I want people to have autonomy, both for life and death. But I also want improved rights protections alongside proactive approaches when it comes to social determinants of health. Improved interventions when we can't prevent problems.

However, I do beleive there exists some situations where even if we did address all of those aspects, there are still 1:1 000 000 cases per where the symptoms of a diagnosis, groups of diagnosis collectively, or the adverse effects of their treatment options are unbearable for some. So I don't want to take away MAiD as a possible compassionate option in those rare circumstances. Watching someone slowly die of health complications, or inevitable and impending renal dialysis they plan to refuse, or starving themselves....it's distressing.

So in my frustrating mental circle I continue to go >.<

Okay, it took me what felt like forever to find the referenced UN article. This and two others positions statements I found discussing the document appear to not beleive in reference links.

I'm not sure how well this will work but https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRPD%2FC%2FCAN%2FCO%2F2-3&Lang=en

Also of note this document covers a HELL of a lot more then just MAiD, it covers many other areas and suggested improvements for various issues and areas of legislation etc.

The UN Treaty Body Database also has supplied/submitted data, staments notes and summaries, discussion notes, you name it. So if someone wants to go down a very large and deep rabbit hole...

https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Countries.aspx

This topic frustrates me.

I 100% beleive that more needs to be done to improve accessibility, resources, services and more, for various different disabilities and health realted issues. Someone who wants to live, could enjoy their life if they had what they needed, shouldn't feel pressured to choose MAiD say because their provincial government won't fund enough care spaces. Or one legislative body thinks you should be out their earning a wage and not receiving as much assistance due to ideological BS reasons.

However, someone who has endevoured and continued to survive, who honestly with legitimate effort has explored their options, then self assesses they want to pursue MAiD via the track 2 route, with sound mind and decision making, should have that option.

I also take issue with the comparison of MAiD as currently written to Germany during the Nazi regime. I think there is a massive ethical difference between someone choosing which other individuals should live or be made to die via physical/pharmacological methods based off of discriminatory extremist ideology reasons VS someone, of sound mind, deciding and consenting for themselves if they wish to explore and pursue MAiD options. Surely, there is a better way to explore the ethical and moral dilemmas that can arise with MAiD in which we are comparing apples to apples.

I think we can use guidelines, recommendations, well explained criteria, effective and robust training, and safety measures to address concerns with the application of current legislation.

Thought it would be a good idea to find and share a resource for identifying mis/disinformation.

On GoC website from Privy Council Office: https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/news/2025/03/detecting-and-reporting-disinformation.html

Any other good resources people know of?

That's the thing though. You own your vehicle and house. For those that don't have a car, paying 100-180/month on transit and living in an apartment you can barely fit a couch in, let alone a deep freeze, bulk buying and storing when things are in season isn't feasible.

It would be great if it did show improvement when evaluated in research. The clinical evidence just isn't there though.

There is nothing stopping someone from enjoying it out of pure personal preference though.

Hopefully in my part of the world the challenges based on discrimination and rights violation go through. Once that reinforces that no, you can't do these things, it becomes a closed topic.

I see a lot of people discussing this font and mentioning OpenDyslexia.

I couldn't find research on Atkinson Hyperlegible. It says it was recently this year, I also couldn't find any research on effectuveness when I looked through the website. If I missed it I aplogize and would love to learn more if someone wants to take the time to link/copy the applicable info. My hope is since it's a non-profit group focusing on helping those with vision problems it has been well developed tested for effectiveness. Certainly if someone wants to try for themselves please do. Before going all out though say converting large volumes of things or implementing for a classroom I think asking questions would be prudent.

Unfortunately OpenDyslexia does not actually help those with this learn disability! The authors of the below article do a good job of discussing why and the harm misconception/misuse of products like these can create.

Wery JJ, Diliberto JA. The effect of a specialized dyslexia font, OpenDyslexic, on reading rate and accuracy. Ann Dyslexia. 2017 Jul;67(2):114-127. doi: 10.1007/s11881-016-0127-1. Epub 2016 Mar 18. PMID: 26993270; PMCID: PMC5629233. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5629233/

Here is some more info and strategies for those instered in regards to dyslexia. https://childmind.org/article/understanding-dyslexia/

It's a non issue. Professional and high level competitive sports like international council and Olympics addressed this YEARS ago. With data and research to support their current positions and recommendedations.