Right to Life of Michigan 51st Annual Conference

Lisa K. Gigliotti, Esq., is a decades-long leader in the work to safeguard Michigan from physician-assisted suicide. For more than twenty-five years, Lisa has lived with severe rheumatoid arthritis and myasthenia gravis. Through fourteen major surgeries and recurrent use of a wheelchair, Lisa has maintained a fulfilling and positive life. She has achieved a successful career in roles including an administrative law judge, a policy advisor for the Michigan senate and governor, a Bioethics law professor, writer, and an advocate for people with disabilities and for improving end-of-life care. Lisa will share a powerful message about The Courage to Honor the End of Life (based on her book).

Meghan Schrader is a brilliant and engaging disability rights advocate and speaker. Her experience growing up with a learning disorder inspired her extensive advocacy work, which includes serving as an affiliate faculty member in Disability Studies at the University of New Hampshire, the Boston Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s Governing Board (2015), and the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition’s Board. She has been published by Oxford University Press and volunteers as an education advocate for students with disabilities in foster care. Meghan currently serves as an instructor and mentor at the E4Texas (Texas Center for Disability Studies) program at the University of Texas at Austin.