Monthly Archives: March 2015

Justice for Asa Sullivan

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Adrienne

People with mental health disabilities are four times as likely to be killed by police, according to the Department of Justice. Please help support the family of Asa Sullivan, who was killed by SFPD on June 6, 2006 in an … Continue reading →

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When A Board of Directors Goes Bad

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Adrienne

Listen 29 min When the Board of Directors at the Disability Rights Legal Center in L.A. announced that it had hired an executive director with a history of lobbying for physician-assisted suicide, gasps were heard nationwide.   All of the … Continue reading →

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The First Time You Felt Your Disability

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) When was the first time you really felt your disability? Not some doctor telling you about it, not some family member crying about it; not even you, doubting your ability to prevail and grow; but the first … Continue reading →

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