(The picture at the right is of disability activists in the UK. Most in the picture are using wheelchairs. Several are holding signs. There are two signs that can be read. One says “You cut our money – you cut our lifeline;” and the other says “Increased poverty/Increased disability”). Not Dead Yet UK has launched … Continue reading Not Dead Yet UK Launches “The Resistance Campaign”
I’ve probably revisited the struggle over the life of Terri Schiavo in a backwards fashion. I – like other disability rights advocates and activists – have a good memory and were deeply involved in the efforts to stop the removal of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube. What that means is that our memory of the struggle … Continue reading Fifth Anniversary of Terri Schiavo’s Death – A History Lesson
People who have read the selections in our humor section will already be familiar with Mike Ervin, who writes a bimonthly satire column in New Mobility. Mike also writes serious pieces of policy, media and cultural analysis. He’s written many of these as op-eds for the media project at The Progressive. Mike’s latest piece looks … Continue reading Presidential commission bodes ill for people with disabilities – Mike Ervin in “The Progressive”
From The Telegraph: In a submission to a consultation on relaxing the rules on assisted suicide – which ends today – a coaliton of five disabled groups, said that “to see suicide as the right solution is to abandon hope. Severely ill and terminally ill people do no deserve society to give up on them.” … Continue reading UK: Disability Coalition Blasts Plan to Relax Prosecution of Suicide “Assistance”
Ben Mattlin is a disability activist and writer (he also gets paid for writing outside of the disability arena). I’ve had the privilege of knowing him for over a decade. He’s authored an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune that reflects the current realities many of us who have disabilities face in the health care system … Continue reading Health Care: “People Like Me” – Ben Mattlin Reflects on Being Disabled and the Health Care Debate
