NDY’s Director of Minority Outreach Anita Cameron is often interviewed by both disability and mainstream press. She has a long history of activism on behalf of disability rights, especially in her decades of work with ADAPT to get lifts on buses as well as major increases in home and community-based services that help older and … Continue reading NDY In Solidarity: Speaking Out Against Racism
Anita Cameron, Not Dead Yet Director of Minority Outreach, testified at ADAPT’s “People’s Hearing” on October 2, 2020, to press for full federal funding for home and community based long term services and supports. Anita makes a passionate appeal for the preservation of the Affordable Care Act, which has provisions for people like her with … Continue reading Anita Cameron Testified At “People’s Hearing” for In-Home Services
Assisted suicide is not the answer as long as racial disparities in care, disability bias go on Updated August 31, 2020, 7:15 a.m. Michael Martignetti wants a state program to assist his suicide if he is suffering from the effects of his disability (“Mass. should enact End Of Life Options Act,” Opinion, Aug. 13). I … Continue reading Anita Cameron’s Letter Published In the Boston Globe!
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?
Racial disparities in healthcare have always existed but it’s only been recently that it has been openly discussed as a serious issue in this country. Blacks and communities of color have always known about it because we experience it ourselves, first-hand. Studies show that we receive inferior healthcare compared to Whites. Little by little, the … Continue reading Anita Cameron: Racial Disparities in the Age of COVID-19
