Category Archives: discrimination

June 18, 2026: DOJ Memo Attacks Longstanding Protections for People With Disabilities

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Not Dead Yet (NDY) stands in solidarity with the disability community in its rejection of the U.S Department of Justice Memo released on Thursday June 18, 2026, that seeks to unilaterally overturn nearly three decades of federal integration policy. As NDY says tirelessly, people with disabilities want supports and services to live, not assistance to … Continue reading June 18, 2026: DOJ Memo Attacks Longstanding Protections for People With Disabilities →

Ableism and Social Engineering: If You Know, You Know: Rumour Has it, Euthanasia Proponent Uses “Nothing About Us Without Us!?”

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“Nothing about us without us” The above is a link to the Substack article published below, by Not Dead Yet (USA) Board of Directors Member and Executive Director of Toujours Vivant-Not Dead Yet (CAN), Amy Hasbrouck.   Get our words out of your mouth! Rumour has it that the head of Dying with Dignity, Helen … Continue reading Ableism and Social Engineering: If You Know, You Know: Rumour Has it, Euthanasia Proponent Uses “Nothing About Us Without Us!?” →

Not Dead Yet Condemns Lawsuit Attacking Community Living

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Not Dead Yet (NDY) writes to express our strong opposition to the lawsuit Texas v. Kennedy and its goals. Texas and nine other states (Alaska, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, and South Dakota) have decided to spend taxpayer dollars undermining people with disabilities’ right to community living. Members of the independent living movement founded … Continue reading Not Dead Yet Condemns Lawsuit Attacking Community Living →

Anita Cameron: Health Disparities and Medical Abuse: Why Blacks Shouldn’t Support Assisted Suicide

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As the Juneteenth celebrations approach, it’s important to know and understand racial disparities in healthcare, the impact it has on the Black community and why Black people, particularly disabled people, must fight against doctor assisted suicide. There is a long and shocking history of medical abuse and experiments on the Black community,[1]fueled by racism and … Continue reading Anita Cameron: Health Disparities and Medical Abuse: Why Blacks Shouldn’t Support Assisted Suicide →

30 Organizations Urge HHS/OCR To Take New Steps To Prevent Healthcare Discrimination

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Not Dead Yet, with partners the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund and the Patients Rights Action Fund, have assembled a total of 30 disability rights and racial justice organizations to support further regulatory action by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. Specifically, the groups are urging the formal … Continue reading 30 Organizations Urge HHS/OCR To Take New Steps To Prevent Healthcare Discrimination →