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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Diane Coleman,"The History and Purpose of Not Dead Yet" - America's Disability Rights Movement

Diane Coleman speaks about the euthanasia issue in the disability community, universal design, and Ed Roberts.




Diane Coleman has been disabled since birth and has used a wheelchair since the age of eleven. She has served on the boards of independent living organizations in California ,Tennessee, Illinois, and is a national organizer for ADAPT.

This is #28 out of more than 1,000 interviews that "It's Our Story" has collected in an effort to free the voices of the disability community.

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Not Dead Yet is a national, grassroots disability rights group that opposes legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia as deadly forms of discrimination.
For "Not Dead Yet", visit: notdeadyet.org/

# originally posted May 2011

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