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Oath, NDLA and Getty Images Launch New Disability Image Collection

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[Editor’s Note: Not Dead Yet is a member of the Steering Committee of the National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA). Below is the project’s press release, to which I added a personal quote for our own distribution of this announcement.] Launching on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, the partnership aims to depict authentic and diverse representations of … Continue reading Oath, NDLA and Getty Images Launch New Disability Image Collection →

Diane Coleman’s Letter Published In Daily Star

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On May 4th, the Daily Star in Oneonta, New York published an editorial in favor of legalizing assisted suicide. Among other things, it completely ignored the opposition of many disability organizations, whose leaders testified very strongly against the NY assisted suicide bills in hearings held April 23rd and May 3rd. The following letter to the … Continue reading Diane Coleman’s Letter Published In Daily Star →

More Testimony From NYC: Jose Hernandez and Sharon Shapiro-Lacks

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Here are some more great testimonies shared with the New York Assembly Health Committee on May 3. Jose Hernandez shared his mother’s story in a powerful and moving letter: My mother was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer in 1988 when she was just 28 years old in Puerto Rico. They had given her 6 … Continue reading More Testimony From NYC: Jose Hernandez and Sharon Shapiro-Lacks →

Anita Cameron and Stephanie Woodward Testify At NY Assisted Suicide Hearing

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AM New York interviewed advocates on both sides of the assisted suicide issue at the all day hearing held in New York City on May 3, 2018. Here are the disability quotes: Opponents of the bill have expressed concerns for the disabled community and what they say is a tendency for medical professionals to underestimate … Continue reading Anita Cameron and Stephanie Woodward Testify At NY Assisted Suicide Hearing →

Press Release: Disability Advocates Testify In NYC Against Assisted Suicide Bill

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For Immediate Release             Contacts:  Anita Cameron 720-413-9064 May 3, 2018                                               Diane Coleman 708-420-0539 (New York, NY) Disability rights advocates will testify at a New York Assembly Health Committee hearing today in opposition to a proposed bill (A.2383-A) legalizing doctor assisted suicide. The hearing will be held at 250 Broadway in Manhattan beginning at 11:00 a.m. Disability advocates … Continue reading Press Release: Disability Advocates Testify In NYC Against Assisted Suicide Bill →