Anna Landre ♿️

So proud & honored to be named The London School of Economics’ Volunteer of the Year 2022 for my work supporting Ukrainians with disabilities (w/ @FightForRightUA @DisasterStrat)!

BREAKING: The @TransportCttee has secured a Commons debate on accessibility on Thurs 26th March. It follows our warnings that the Railways Bill will deregulate passenger and disability rights - betraying every demand of the Committee's 2025 report. abcommuters.com/2026/03/11/urg…

I’m happy to give up my ability to get myself bumped off if it protects vulnerable people who probably don’t actually want bumped off. It’s called ‘society’.

In the end more MSPs understood that the risks were too great. For now. As this BBC headline makes clear, the battle is far from over. We must continue to make the case that disabled people's voices and concerns must be central to this debate. #post" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx2g…

It is often obvious that people's fears of becoming ill and disabled are driving the assisted dying movement. Being disabled is no doubt difficult, and becoming disabled takes time to adapt to. It's at that moment when people are most at risk from state-sponsored suicide. But we should listen to people with disabilities: Disability is not death. Matthew P. Cavedon for @compactmag compactmag.com/article/i-am-a…

Ruth Maguire (SNP), who is stepping down as an MSP due to a cancer diagnosis: “I find it really hard to put into words the impact that the language of dignity and compassion being used to talk about ending life has had on me—as if somehow wishing to carry on but with help is undignified and burdensome, unfair to people who love me… “My blood runs cold thinking about sitting in a room in a hospital and having a doctor raise that with me as we weigh up treatment options… “If it weighs so heavily on me, someone in a position of financial privilege, with a large loving family who are able to care for each other—indeed, someone whose job it’s been for 10 years to have difficult conversations… I want colleagues to see how this all plays out for people who don’t have the privilege that we have. “And in doing so, let’s have our eyes open to the strain our health and social care systems are under.”

The grim reality is that 15%+ of older adults have suffered abuse in the last year. That means that anywhere up to 100 of those being given lethal drugs each year will be abuse victims. How can their decision be a free choice? It's not enough to say they were 'dying anyway'.

Five years ago, on March 17th 2021, the federal government granted people with disabilities who are not dying of natural causes special (discriminatory) access to assisted suicide through Track 2 MAiD (medical assistance in dying). At the time, our CEO, Krista Carr was widely quoted as saying “this is our worst nightmare.” It still is. If March 17th raises difficult feelings for you, you’re not alone. Today, at Inclusion Canada, we’re continuing work on our Charter Challenge. We’re promoting the fact that Canada must repeal Track 2 MAiD to become compliant with the CRPD (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities). And, we’re advising the government not to legalize MAiD for mental illness in 2027. Someday, may this be history.

Jeremy Balfour (Independent): “Imagine you relied on your family and friends to make daily sacrifices to help you get up, dressed and ready for the day. “Imagine being told by many people, including a number of politicians, that you’re a burden on society and that the benefits you rely on to survive could be better spent elsewhere. “I want you to imagine that you’ve heard on numerous occasions the words: ‘I’d rather die than live like you.’” “How do you think you would feel watching this debate? I think you would rightly feel terrified... “For many in our country who are not that fortunate, the protections in this bill are not good enough. They could never be good enough. “Colleagues, friends, I am begging you to consider what the consequences of passing this bill will be for the most vulnerable in our communities.”

Remarkable speech from Pam Duncan-Glancy (Independent): “There will be countless disabled people in our constituencies who haven’t had the choice to have a shower in weeks. People who can’t choose when they go to bed. Some who will already be in bed. “People who can’t choose what to eat. People who can’t choose to go out of their house, because it isn’t accessible. People tonight who can’t choose the care or the healthcare they need, including at the end, because it simply isn’t available for them. “And crucially, there will be disabled people whose struggle is so hard that they’ve given up hope, given up fighting, and will be considering tonight taking their own lives. “I know this, because I have been all of these people I’ve described. They live in fear every single day, worrying about what new limit someone else will put on their lives, and what little power they will have to change it. They live every single day without choice at all… “In a world where so many have little or no choice, we can’t risk making death the only choice they ever have.”

It truly is amazing how after YEARS of development and use, this app is still not functional in the most basic features. It then asked me to rate the assistance I received boarding, on the train, and disembarking. Of the journey it cancelled for next week that didn’t happen!

Hey @PassAssistance, what gives? Tried to make a wheelchair space booking via app and received notifications that it was cancelled by “FCC” (who?) and when I opened the app to see why, it tells me “Your journey has been cancelled by yourself”????

This of course isn’t the only reason this is happening now. Most governments have never treated disabled people well, by any means. This is just a way to say it’s our choice. But it’s not a choice when you’re pushed into it by the government that refuses to support you.

Maybe so, but we expect politicians to make universal palliative care happen FIRST. Not promise it for later, on the never-never. Talk is cheap: "Let's think about universal palliative care next year, but get suicide clinics through first". No.

@Sandeshgulhane @heraldscotland So, Sandesh, can you explain why you support a Bill that — like the TIA Bill but unlike most assisted dying laws elsewhere — contains no requirement that a patient be suffering, let alone that their suffering cannot otherwise be relieved? newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…

Of the 30 people under age 30 who received psychiatric euthanasia in 2024, in the Netherlands, 25 were female. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/…

Our new polling shows 66% of people in Scotland worry disabled people who feel like a burden may feel pushed towards assisted death. MSPs must hear this before Tuesday’s final vote. Please share, and tell your MSPs to vote NO: action.notdeadyetuk.org

Nearly 7 in 10 Scots (69%) agree the Scottish Parliament should prioritise improving access to care for disabled people before introducing assisted suicide -- Damning evidence for the vote on the Scottish assisted suicide bill on Tuesday. heraldscotland.com/news/25937092.…

Polling commissioned by @scotbioethics suggests that 80% of Scots agree that any assisted suicide Bill should include protections for health professionals to refuse to take part, and that 63% agree MSPs should reject the Bill if this is not the case. heraldscotland.com/news/25934509.…

People dismiss disability as inherent suffering so they don't have to do anything about social inequality.

It is not possible to do ethical research without knowing the ethics of the researched community. How can researchers recognise and respond appropriately to ethical challenges if they do not know what is valued, respected or seen as beneficial or harmful in that community?