Not Dead Yet needs your help. As you might have noticed, pro-euthanasia organizations are flush with cash. They employ lobbyists, have public relations departments, pay for billboard campaigns and have even succeeded in pretty much ghost-writing some of the press coverage about assisted suicide and euthanasia. The “right to life” organizations are also well-funded, but […]
(The picture above is a head shot portrait of Laura Hershey) Many regular readers and (and hopefully all of the members of the disability community) who read this blog will recognize the name of Laura Hershey. Laura – a poet, activist, writer, consultant – died unexpectedly on November 26th after a sudden illness. She was […]
I really should have posted this over the weekend, but got waylaid by the usual parade of mundane but demanding household tasks that tend to occupy that timeblock. On Saturday, September 19, ADAPT activists from around the country converged on Washington, DC for several days of political advocacy and direct action. Here’s how ADAPT’s September […]
(Pictured above: Profile picture of Professor Paul Longmore, copied from his facebook page.) I just received the news via various sources that Paul Longmore – professor, hisorian, disability rights scholar and disability rights activist – died unexpectedly last night. The following note from a friend and colleague of his appeared on Paul’s facebook page last […]
(The picture at the right is of disability activists in the UK. Most in the picture are using wheelchairs. Several are holding signs. There are two signs that can be read. One says “You cut our money – you cut our lifeline;” and the other says “Increased poverty/Increased disability”). Not Dead Yet UK has launched […]
On July 13, 2006, about 40 disability activists protested a bioethics conference in Albany, NY. The picture above shows 7 of the protesters (there were about 40 in total) who successfully invaded the conference, holding signs and chanting “Nothing About Us Without Us!” Here’s an excerpt from our flyer for the protest: Disability activists are […]
Today, a letter has been sent out via postal mail to Gerald Marzoratti, Editor of the New York Times Magazine. The letter conveys complaints about the content of the magazine’s recent essay, “Why Must Ration Health Care,” which offers up people with disabilities as sacrifices in the efforts to rein in health care costs. The […]
(photo at right: eight disability activists in front of hotel, holding signs and surrounding bright red banner that reads: NOT DEAD YET – We Want to Live!) Last Saturday, June 6, the Final Exit Network held its annual meeting at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in Schiller Park, IL, near Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Nine disability […]
I apologize (again) for the unannounced hiatus here. Last week, I was doing my part to do press work, and get the word out in various fora (with the exception of this one obviously) about the national ADAPT Action in Washington, DC. NDY allies within the disability community are well aware of our involvement and […]
On Monday, April 20, the Chicago “End of Life” Care Coalition hosted an event titled “Options in ‘End of Life’ Care: The Legal, the Personal and the Controversial.” Eyebrows – and tempers – rose in the disability community when the conference flyer came out. For the past couple of months, the biggest “end of life” […]
