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Center for Disability Rights Creates PSA on Assisted Suicide in Response to Me Before You

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[Editor’s Note: This is a reprint of a Press Release issued by the Center for Disability Rights, NDY’s close partner in Rochester, NY.] The Center for Disability Rights has created a PSA to address disability and assisted suicide, one of the primary topics highlighted in the new romantic comedy, Me Before You. The film is … Continue reading Center for Disability Rights Creates PSA on Assisted Suicide in Response to Me Before You →

Carol Cleigh Sutton: What is the function of movies like Me Before You?

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[Editor’s Note: This is a guest blog by Carol Cleigh Sutton, an original Board member of NDY when we formed in 1996, and a long time disability activist.] I’ve spent some time thinking about why movies like Me Before You get made. After all, it’s not a bit original. From Whose Life is it, Anyway? … Continue reading Carol Cleigh Sutton: What is the function of movies like Me Before You? →

NDY Press Release: Advocates Protest Disability Snuff Film “Me Before You”

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Contacts: John Kelly 617-536-5140 Diane Coleman 708-420-0539 Advocates Protest Disability Snuff Film “Me Before You” Disability rights advocates in cities across the United States and around the world are protesting the latest Hollywood movie to end with the assisted suicide or euthanasia of the lead disabled character. Protests have already been held in New York … Continue reading NDY Press Release: Advocates Protest Disability Snuff Film “Me Before You” →

UPDATED ACTION ALERT: PROTEST DISABILITY SNUFF FILM “ME BEFORE YOU”!

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[The Action Alert below now includes embedded links to “Me Before You” protest leaflets, downloadable in color or black&white, a banner that can be produced at a local print shop, and a template press release for local disability activists to use for media outreach. For additional information and links to the many articles by disability … Continue reading UPDATED ACTION ALERT: PROTEST DISABILITY SNUFF FILM “ME BEFORE YOU”! →

ACTION ALERT: PROTEST DISABILITY SNUFF FILM “ME BEFORE YOU”!

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ACTION ALERT: PROTEST DISABILITY SNUFF FILM ME BEFORE YOU! WHEN:      JUNE 3, 2016, 0NE HOUR BEFORE A SHOWING OF ME BEFORE YOU WHERE:    YOUR LOCAL MOVIE THEATER, MANY CITIES, USA & WORLDWIDE WHAT:      PEACEFULLY DISTRIBUTE A LEAFLET WHY:        TO OPPOSE ABLEISM & THE FILM’S MESSAGE THAT DISABLED PEOPLE ARE BETTER OFF DEAD … Continue reading ACTION ALERT: PROTEST DISABILITY SNUFF FILM “ME BEFORE YOU”! →