#ddom2016

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2016 Disability Day of Mourning Vigil in Hanover, New Hampshire #DDoM2016

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I want you to think about the ways the lives of disabled people are thought of as not worth living. #DDoM2016

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The following is a guest post, composed of the speech written by Norman Kunc and Emma Van der Klift, and spoken by Norman Kunc, for the ASAN 2015 Disability Day of Mourning. The vigil was held in …

Disabled lives are valuable – not only to the person who has the disability, but to society itself. #DDoM2016

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Killing Children with Disabilities is Murder, Not Mercy! As someone born with severe disabilities, for which the highest expectation was to be institutionalized, I know that my parents could have...

Had that parent murdered their non-disabled child, that person would most likely be seen as a monster #DDoM2016

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If you say that lack of services can lead to parents murdering their disabled children, then every time a parent of a living disabled child complains about lack of services, you have to say they lie, since the children are alive. Or you are a hypocrite. If you say that parents who murdered their disabled …

Non-disabled lives, people are ready to fight for. Disabled lives receive “mercy killings” #DDoM2016

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I know how it feels to be the victim, the mother, the caregiver and the social worker. And I can tell you that at the end of the day no matter how I look it I know this: IT IS WRONG TO MURDER YOUR AUTISTIC CHILD.

The news media shares Issy’s mother’s story as if the story is about Issy’s mother and not about Issy #DDoM2016

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Disability Day of Mourning Vigil Sites Autistic Self Advocacy Network - February 27, 2016 I decided to do something a little different this year for the Disability Day Of Mourning.

What do I mean by dying of ableism? #DDom2016

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NCD Statement In Support of #DDOM2016