A month ago, we shared an announcement from the Autistic Self Advocacy Network asking people to participate in the annual Day of Mourning. On Friday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation to remember these disabled victims of filicide – disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. In the year since … Continue reading Video of the Day of Mourning – A Quiet Call for Justice
Across the country, people who knew and worked with Carrie Ann Lucas are mourning her untimely death at the young age of 47. Over the last year, we watched as insurers denied what she needed and doctors couldn’t take the time to listen to one of the sharpest minds in our movement explain how to … Continue reading Carrie Ann Lucas Dedicated Her Amazing Skills To Save Lives
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
En julio de 2008, Horacio Esparza asumió el cargo como director ejecutivo del Centro de Vida Independiente Progress en Forest Park, Illinois. (Durante 12 años, yo también desempeñé el mismo papel, durante el cual también fundé y fui presidente de Not Dead Yet). Horacio es invidente desde la infancia. Nació en México, a la edad … Continue reading Horacio Esparza habla sobre el suicidio asistido y le da un regalo a NDY
In July 2008, Horacio Esparza stepped into his role as executive director of Progress Center for Independent Living in Forest Park, Illinois. (For 12 years, I had served in that same role, during which time I also founded and served as President of Not Dead Yet.) Horacio has been blind since early childhood. Born in … Continue reading Horacio Esparza Speaks About Assisted Suicide & Gives NDY A Gift
