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Disability Activist Stephanie Woodward Quoted In An NY Newspaper Article

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An article in the Altamont Enterprise included some great quotes by disability rights activist Stephanie Woodward. Stephanie Woodward, director of advocacy at the Center for Disability Rights, said that “assisted suicide has a discriminatory, disparate impact on disabled people that is deadly and can’t be reversed.” Data from the state of Oregon, where medical aid-in-dying … Continue reading Disability Activist Stephanie Woodward Quoted In An NY Newspaper Article →

Introduction by Sarah Cavar – New NDY Intern!

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Hello all, I’m Sarah Cavar and I use they/them/theirs pronouns. I’m proud and delighted to be Not Dead Yet’s first intern. I’m a person of several labels: I’m genderless (my preferred term is “neutrois”), a lesbian, Mad/disabled, and neurodivergent. I’m a full-time student, and when I’m not doing student-y things, I’m reading, writing (fiction, creative … Continue reading Introduction by Sarah Cavar – New NDY Intern! →

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 →