Is there something in the air? Earlier this year, a friend and former colleague introduced me to someone on Facebook – an amazing guy who has what looks like a bottomless well of energy and passion, judging from the status messages I see and the info on his info page. Sometime after I posted this … Continue reading Connecting Disability Rights and Animal Rights – A Really Bad Idea
There’s an effort in Scotland right now that is spearheaded by Margo MacDonald. She’s been successful in getting the matter before the Scottish Parliament. There has been an encouraging amount of opposition to the proposed bill from the medical community. The disability community seems pretty united – and serious – about opposing this bill, which … Continue reading Scotland: Disability Community Protesting Assisted Suicide Bill
I really should have posted this over the weekend, but got waylaid by the usual parade of mundane but demanding household tasks that tend to occupy that timeblock. On Saturday, September 19, ADAPT activists from around the country converged on Washington, DC for several days of political advocacy and direct action. Here’s how ADAPT’s September … Continue reading ADAPT is in DC! How to Follow the Action(s)
The Los Angeles Times published a long obituary in the Sunday (August 15) edition of the paper. Here are the first three paragraphs of the obit: Unable to use his hands because of a childhood bout with polio, Paul K. Longmore wrote his first book by punching a keyboard with a pen he held in … Continue reading Two More Tributes to Paul Longmore
From Diane Coleman, president and founder of Not Dead Yet: Paul was one of a few disability rights activists and thinkers who changed my life in the 1980’s. He lived in Los Angeles then, and I was brand new to the movement, just finishing law school and joining my first CIL board. He often wrote … Continue reading Diane Coleman Remembers Paul Longmore
