Fear of Disability Drives Assisted‑dying Support

People who are able‑bodied often overestimate how unbearable disability would be, and that anticipation can be a stronger driver of support for assisted dying laws than evidence about current pain or quality of life. First‑hand disabled testimony (wheelchair users, ventilator users, communication aids) often reveals adaptation and community life that policymakers and the public overlook. — If policy and public opinion are shaped more by fear of hypothetical decline than by disabled people's lived experience, MAiD laws, safeguards, and public messaging risk being miscalibrated.