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Guest Blog: Susan Dooha on “Lessons Not Learned” in NYC Emergency Shelters for PWDs

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Intro:  Over this last weekend, many people in the disability community were watching the progress of Hurricane Irene and hoping that – finally – disabled people were being properly taken into account in emergency plans.  Judging from the reports from Susan Dooha, Executive Director of the Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York (CIDNY), … Continue reading Guest Blog: Susan Dooha on “Lessons Not Learned” in NYC Emergency Shelters for PWDs →

Diane Coleman on WBAI “Largest Minority Radio Show” Tonight! (August 10)

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Sorry for the late notice, but Diane Coleman will be on Largest Minority Radio Show on WBAI tonight.  The show starts at 9:00 pm ET.  I’m told she’ll be in the first part of the show.  Here’s the description of the show and how to listen in: The next edition of The Largest Minority airs … Continue reading Diane Coleman on WBAI “Largest Minority Radio Show” Tonight! (August 10) →

Update: “Live-Streamed” Assisted Suicide A Hoax

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I wanted to report this earlier, but some health issues at home got in the way of a timelier post.  Last week, I wrote about billionaire Alki David’s plans to live-stream the assisted suicide/euthanasia of a Russian cancer patient. Well, there was a broadcast.  But it was an elaborate hoax. The story is at TechExclusive.net: … Continue reading Update: “Live-Streamed” Assisted Suicide A Hoax →

Breaking News: Billionaire Buys the Rights to Livestream Assisted Suicide of Cancer Patient

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This first got my attention earlier this week, when a single news item from Shockya.com showed up in my news feed, titled Assisted Suicide Will Be Broadcast Live on BattleCam: Billionaire Alki David has paid the family of terminal brain cancer patient Nikolai Ivanisovich for the rights to stream his assisted suicide on BattleCam. The … Continue reading Breaking News: Billionaire Buys the Rights to Livestream Assisted Suicide of Cancer Patient →

GREAT NEWS: Diane Coleman Transitioning to New Role as CEO of Not Dead Yet in August

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Diane Coleman Transitioning to New Role as CEO of Not Dead Yet in August Most readers of this blog and anyone else who is familiar with NDY knows that Diane Coleman is the founder and President of the group. On August 1, 2011, Diane Coleman will transition to a new role as the full time … Continue reading GREAT NEWS: Diane Coleman Transitioning to New Role as CEO of Not Dead Yet in August →