[Sheryl’s personal story and compelling message applies to EVERY STATE with an assisted suicide bill.] Dear Senator: As a disabled MD resident, I implore you to vote no on this very harmful legislation. What has been marketed as a bill increasing choice of those with terminal illness (who almost always meet the federal definition of … Continue reading Here’s What Sheryl Grossman Sent Every Maryland Senator Today
I lived my first thirty years with no idea that the DRM existed. The Disability Rights Movement. It’s very existence turned my shame to pride. And the DRM has done that for millions of us, but millions more have no idea still. “Better Dead Than Disabled” – that message permeates our culture, in the looks … Continue reading We Call It the “DRM” – And It’s Needed More Than Ever
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
