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Organizational Letter to George Clooney On Movie Romanticizing Assisted Suicide of Disabled

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Dear Mr. Clooney, We, the undersigned national disability rights organizations, urge you to use your platform to advance disability justice and to defend the rights of people with disabilities against the inherent discrimination and dangers of assisted suicide legislation. For the reasons set forth below, we urge you to reconsider the impact of your involvement. … Continue reading Organizational Letter to George Clooney On Movie Romanticizing Assisted Suicide of Disabled →

Anita Cameron: How Many More Have To Die In Nursing Facilities In the Age of COVID-19?

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COVID-19 continues to rage through America, but not many of us outside the media and disability rights and justice groups are talking about an overlooked population – residents of nursing facilities and institutions for disabled people, who are dying of COVID-19. To date, more than 51,000 residents and employees of nursing homes and long-term care … Continue reading Anita Cameron: How Many More Have To Die In Nursing Facilities In the Age of COVID-19? →

NDY Files Comment Against Proposed CMS Rule Changes That Would Put More People In Nursing “Homes”

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Thanks to the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies for alerting disability advocates to proposed federal rule changes that would make it easier to put disabled people of all ages into nursing “homes” and other facilities, as well as make it harder for them to move back out to the community. The deadline for comments is … Continue reading NDY Files Comment Against Proposed CMS Rule Changes That Would Put More People In Nursing “Homes” →

Disability Integration Act To Be Reintroduced on M.L. King’s Birthday

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NDY’s Director of Minority Outreach Anita Cameron is leading ADAPT’s organizing efforts for the reintroduction of the Disability Integration Act (DIA) in Congress on M.L. King’s Birthday, Tuesday, January 15th. Anita has been an ADAPT organizer and activist for decades and has the distinction of having been arrested for nonviolent civil disobedience for disability rights … Continue reading Disability Integration Act To Be Reintroduced on M.L. King’s Birthday →

ADAPT’s Powerful Statement in Response to US House Passage of “Healthcare” Law

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[Editor’s note: After an all-day online conference related to brain injury healthcare, I learned the horrible and life threatening news of House passage of the new “healthcare” law, which is really the old law of no protection for all of us with pre-existing conditions, and those of us who need home and community based long … Continue reading ADAPT’s Powerful Statement in Response to US House Passage of “Healthcare” Law →