This is a brief and belated call to action. Saturday, March 1st will be the 3rd annual National Day of Mourning. To find out whether an event is planned in your area, please go here, where you can also find information on how to hold an event. We have templates for announcements, press releases and … Continue reading Third Annual National Day of Mourning: Is Your City Holding an Event?
We in the disability community have a stronger appreciation than most people of the opportunities technology can bring. Power wheelchairs and vans offer us mobility. Voice-activated software and screen readers unleash the power of computers. Environmental control systems allow us to manage things around the house, like opening doors and answering the phone. But some … Continue reading Guest Blog by Cathy Ludlum: Better Dead Than Fed? NOT!
[Ed. Note: For the PRWeb version of this release in pdf format, plus links to John Kelly’s and Stephen Mendelsohn’s testimonies, go here.] Not Dead Yet’s New England director, John Kelly, will be joining disability rights activists in Concord, New Hampshire on Tuesday, February 4, to testify against HB 1325, an assisted suicide bill. The … Continue reading NDY Press Release: Not Dead Yet, Second Thoughts To Testify Against New Hampshire Assisted Suicide Bill
As our regular readers know, disability rights advocates have already spoken out against the recent New Mexico District Court ruling exempting assisted suicides of people with a “terminal” prognosis from the state law against assisted suicide. NDY published a blog about the ruling and the Albuquerque Journal carried an op-ed by Marilyn Golden, Senior Policy … Continue reading DREDF Urges New Mexico Attorney General to Appeal Lower Court Assisted Suicide Ruling
Anyone who thinks that the so called ‘right-to-die’ isn’t a loaded gun aimed right at the heads of disabled people simply isn’t paying attention. A cursory perusal on-line of such organizations as Compassion & Choices, Ergo and Final Exit Network yield a plethora of examples. Compassion & Choices has a long-term disabled man demanding the … Continue reading Guest Blog by W. Carol Cleigh: Not Paying Attention
