Category Archives: ADAPT

Anita Cameron: Not Dead Yet Supports the Disability Integration Act 

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Not Dead Yet strongly supports the Disability Integration Act (HR 555 and S 117) which would give people with disabilities and seniors the civil right to receive attendant services and other supports at home, instead of in nursing facilities and other institutions. It addresses many of the concerns of those who would feel they have no option but assisted suicide by assisting … Continue reading Anita Cameron: Not Dead Yet Supports the Disability Integration Act  →

Stephanie Woodward Will Represent NDY and ADAPT at Albany Press Conference

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Contact: Matille Thebolt: mthebolt@CRCPublicRelations.com or Emily Degnan: edegnan@crcpublicrelations.com 703-683-5004 ***Media Advisory*** Patient and Disability Rights Advocates Hold Press Conference to Warn of the Dangers of Assisted Suicide What:                      Patient and disability rights advocates will hold a news conference to warn of the dangers of legalized assisted suicide in their state. Assembly Bill A2694 and Senate … Continue reading Stephanie Woodward Will Represent NDY and ADAPT at Albany Press Conference →

Honoring Carrie Ann Lucas

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Not Dead Yet, and the whole disability rights movement, has lost a powerful champion. Below is an important statement from Carrie Ann Lucas’ Facebook page. I’ll share more on her incredible work related to NDY soon, but for now this: The disability community lost one of its fiercest advocates on 2/24/19. Carrie Ann Lucas, a disability … Continue reading Honoring Carrie Ann Lucas →

Video of Shonda McLaughlin’s Personal Story of Disability Discrimination

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NDY board officer Shonda McLaughlin shared her personal story of discrimination during ADAPT’s celebration of the reintroduction of the Disability Integration Act on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday January 15th. John Kelly, NDY’s New England Regional Director, captured a video of her remarks, which he said “personalize the ‘better dead than disabled’ mindset, and embody … Continue reading Video of Shonda McLaughlin’s Personal Story of Disability Discrimination →

Press Release: NDY Leaders To Speak At Disability Integration Act Reintroduction

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Not Dead Yet Leaders To Speak At Disability Integration Act Reintroduction on M.L. King’s Jan. 15 Birthday Contacts: Diane Coleman 708-420-0539 Anita Cameron 585-259-8746 Not Dead Yet’s Director of Minority Outreach Anita Cameron will MC the ADAPT celebration of the reintroduction of the Disability Integration Act (DIA) in Congress on M.L. King’s Birthday, Tuesday, January 15th. Cameron has … Continue reading Press Release: NDY Leaders To Speak At Disability Integration Act Reintroduction →