Category Archives: Paul Longmore

A Tremendous Loss – Paul Longmore Has Died

(Pictured above: Profile picture of Professor Paul Longmore, copied from his facebook page.) I just received the news via various sources that Paul Longmore – professor, hisorian, disability rights scholar and disability rights activist – died unexpectedly last night.  The following note from a friend and colleague of his appeared on Paul’s facebook page last … Continue reading A Tremendous Loss – Paul Longmore Has Died

Disability Activists “Greet” Euthanasia Activist in San Francisco

This just in from Marilyn Golden, Policy Analyst at Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF): (The date for the events below was November 10, 2009) On Tuesday morning, three anti-assisted suicide advocates from the San Francisco Bay Area disability community, Paul Longmore, Walter Park, and myself came to the San Francisco Buddhist Center (which … Continue reading Disability Activists “Greet” Euthanasia Activist in San Francisco

Peter Singer’s “Tribute” to Harriet Johnson – and Paul Longmore’s Response

On December 28th, the NY Times Magazine published an edition titled “The Lives They Lived,” which consisted of 24 essays about notable people who passed away in 2008. One of the individuals selected for inclusion in the issue was disability rights lawyer/activist/writer/lecturer Harriet McBryde Johnson. Not long after that, Paul Longmore, historian and Director of … Continue reading Peter Singer’s “Tribute” to Harriet Johnson – and Paul Longmore’s Response