Promoting palliative care, Opposing euthanasia and assisted suicide

David Morris, who had spinal muscular atrophy and chaired the Independent Living Alternatives, which promotes the right of disabled people to live independently, passed away on the 18th April 2010. Tributes from the organisations which he promoted and worked for, as well as the people he was campaining for have been flooding in ever since.

To see the tributes:

• David Morris' memorial service - YouTube, 10 May 2010
• Mayor pays tribute to David Morris - Diability Now, 19 Apr 2010
• Livingstone adds tribute to David Morris - Federation of Disabled People, 30 Apr 2010

During his lifetime, he campaigned for the rights of disaled people in the UK and commented that 'Disabled people are worried about assisted suicide', and gave his views before Lord Falconer and the Rev Richard Coles.

For more on this story:

• Lords to debate assisted suicide - BBC News, Daily Politics, 07 Jul 2009