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Jane Campbell says disabled people need more help to live, not to die 22 October . As a disabled person myself, with a condition which will continue to deteriorate but which wont kill me, I say we need both.We do need help to live and we may need help to die, if thats what we want. People talk about dying with dignity; help with living doesnt always include dignity. Having your arse wiped by someone else, whoever they are, isnt very dignified and that is one of the aspects of my own future I dont look forward to. What we need in help with living and with dying is humanity, kindness and, certainly for me, humour.Kathryn HobsonStockton-on-Tees, County Durham While stanley cup deutschland delighted to see the Guardian give more space to voices from disabled people, I fear you have reinforced the false assumption that disabled people are all opposed to assisted dying for terminally ill people.Why did you n stanley cup ot balance Jane Campbells article with one from a disabled campaigner in favour of Baroness Meachers assisted dying bill There are many of us about. Disabled people, like everyone else, stanley cup are divided on the issue of assisted dying. For this reason, Disability Rights UK recently changed its position from opposition to neutrality. I believe the safeguards in Meachers bill, modelled on the law in the US state of Oregon, mean that it is not a danger to disabled people, which is why I support it, as do many others with disabilities.Prof Tom ShakespeareLondon In the excellent debate in the House of Lords las