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Showing posts with label disability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disability. Show all posts
Thursday, December 21, 2023

Terri Hancharick: Being Disabled Doesn’t Mean Death Is Better Than Life

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https://notdeadyet.org/2023/09/terri-hancharick-being-disabled-doesnt-mean-death-is-better-than-life.html Delaware’s Daily State News publis...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Connecticut: Legislators Need to See Our Tears

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Author testifying in 2015 By Cathy Ludlum American democracy is based on the idea that the voices of the people matter. As legislator...
Thursday, July 28, 2016

The ADA: A Gift From the Disability Community to the Non-Disabled, Improving Access for All

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http://www.npr.org/2015/07/24/423230927/-a-gift-to-the-non-disabled-at-25-the-ada-improves-access-for-all "This elevator is a gift ...
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Worldwide Theater Protest: "Hollywood Lies: I Prefer My Girlfriend Alive"

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Wilfredo Rodriguez-Lopez The New York based Center for Disability Rights has created a public service announcement in response to the...
Monday, June 6, 2016

Worldwide Theater Protest: Wheelchair Athlete Ella Frech on "Me Before You"

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Ella Frech Eleven year old Ella Frech had a few things to say about "Me Before You" Me Before You  comes out tomorrow. I’v...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

People With Disabilities Are a High Risk Group for Suicide; Legal Assisted Suicide Discussed as a Contributing Factor.

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By Margaret Dore Thank you Stephen Mendelsohn, of Second Thoughts Connecticut , for providing this important Stephen Mendelsohn news...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) Condemns Exclusion of Disabled People at NJ Hearing on Assisted Suicide Bill

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http://www.notdeadyet.org/2014/12/autistic-self-advocacy-network-asan-condemns-exclusion-of-disabled-people-at-nj-hearing-on-assisted-suicid...
Thursday, August 7, 2014

Montana's Law Protected Me

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Lucinda Hardy I [Lucinda Hardy] have read the guest column, "People living with disabilities support death with dignity" (July 25)...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

I want assistance living, not dying

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http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/4465271-i-want-assistance-living-not-dying/ Assisted suicide ...
Monday, June 14, 2010

"Had We Faltered, I Would Have Missed Out on Some of the Best Years of My Life"

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Dear Editor:        I am a 32 year old quadriplegic who works as a “Systems Advocate” in  Rochester ,  New York . I am a college graduate a...