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Today is the UN-recognized International Day of Persons with Disabilities with a theme of fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress. This year’s focus on disability inclusivity as the predicate for social development (including economics, employment, social service systems, etc.) feels practically defiant in view of (and certainly at odds with) several international developments this year … Continue reading December 3, 2025: International Day of Persons with Disabilities – Part 1. →

Announcement: In Memoriam: John Bryan Kelly (February 26, 1958 – November 14, 2025)

November 18, 2025About Not Dead Yet, advocacy, announcement, diane coleman, john kelly, Massachusetts, Not Dead Yet, Our News & Commentary Blog, Second Thoughts, updateIan McIntosh

Our incomparable disability rights champion, beloved colleague and friend. It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of NDY’s singularly dear colleague and incomparable disability rights champion, John Bryan Kelly, who passed away peacefully in Boston, this past Friday, November 14, 2025, at the age of 67. In spite of battling … Continue reading Announcement: In Memoriam: John Bryan Kelly (February 26, 1958 – November 14, 2025) →

ILLINOIS STEALTH ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL DRESSED AS FOOD PREPARATION BILL PASSES BY ONE VOTE

October 31, 2025"death with dignity", "end of life", ableism, Access Living, access to health care, action alert, advocacy, Americans with Disabilities Act, assisted suicide, duty to die, elder abuse, eugenics, Illinois, Not Dead Yet, Our News & Commentary Blog, Patients Rights Action FundIan McIntosh

The Illinois State Senate, just passed an assisted suicide bill, dressed as a food preparation bill, to make it easier for disabled people to die, not to live. In this worst possible national moment, Illinois proponents decided in the interest of vulnerable Illinoisans that now was the time to sneak an assisted suicide bill amendment … Continue reading ILLINOIS STEALTH ASSISTED SUICIDE BILL DRESSED AS FOOD PREPARATION BILL PASSES BY ONE VOTE →

Matt Valliere: Assisted suicide was offered to my friend Jane Allen. She had an eating disorder. (Opinion)

October 7, 2025Our News & Commentary BlogIan McIntosh

Assisted suicide was offered to my friend Jane Allen. She had an eating disorder. (OPINION: Reprinted in full below from the October 2, 2025 edition of The Denver Post) By Matt Vallière | Guest Commentary PUBLISHED: October 2, 2025 at 5:01 AM MDT The big selling point of assisted suicide laws is that they are supposedly compassionate … Continue reading Matt Valliere: Assisted suicide was offered to my friend Jane Allen. She had an eating disorder. (Opinion) →

Not Dead Yet Attends Bazelon’s 2025 Annual Awards Reception

October 7, 2025Our News & Commentary BlogKelly Israel

Not Dead Yet Attends Bazelon’s 2025 Annual Awards Reception On September 17, 2025, I was pleased to attend on behalf of Not Dad Yet the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law’s 2025 Annual Awards Reception at the National Press Club. The event was larger than normal. I was surrounded by countless people, disability rights … Continue reading Not Dead Yet Attends Bazelon’s 2025 Annual Awards Reception →