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The current debate about medical assistance in dying (MAiD) has focused on very specific issues in relation to MAID — namely, eligibility, safeguards and advanced requests. These are all important topics. But, permeating all of these topics is an issue that is of primary importance and that should be front and centre. This is the issue of STIGMA. Stigma surrounding people with disabilities is perpetuated by the proposed revisions to the MAiD legislation, and there are a number of things that this legislation (and the key government actors) need to do in order to ensure that people with disabilities do not face extended social inequality as a result of MAiD.