Not Dead Yet

US disability rights group

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President, Chief Executive Officer

Diane Coleman^[1]Websitewww.notdeadyet.org

Disability
Theory and models Disability theory Ableism / Disablism Medical model Social model
Education Mainstreaming Individualized Education Program (IEP) Special needs Special school Special education Learning disability
Therapy Physical Occupational Speech
Societal implications Disability rights movement Inclusion Normalization People-first language Pejorative terms Sexuality and disability Women's health
Personal assistance Unlicensed assistive personnel (ADLs) Accessible toilet Assistive technology Assisted living Mobility aid Orthotics and braces Physical accessibility Prosthetics Universal design Web accessibility
Socioeconomic assistance Social Security Disability Insurance Supplemental Security Income Ticket to Work Disability Living Allowance Disabled students allowance Disabled Persons Railcard Freedom Pass Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped
Groups Organizations National Telecommuting Institute Society for Disability Studies Disabled Peoples' International (DPI) Visitability WeThe15
Parasports Special Olympics Paralympic Games Deaflympics Invictus Games
Culture Disability in the arts Disability art Disability in the media
Disability Lists
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Euthanasia
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Types
Animal Child Voluntary Non-voluntary Involuntary Mental illness
Views
Religious Buddhist Catholic Culture of life Euthanasia and the slippery slope Right to die Right to life
Groups
Compassion & Choices Death with Dignity National Center Dignitas Exit International Final Exit Network Hemlock Society Not Dead Yet Care Not Killing
People
Jack Kevorkian Philip Nitschke Barbara Coombs Lee
Books
Final Exit The Peaceful Pill Handbook The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Jurisdictions
Australia Canada India Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Switzerland United Kingdom United States Uruguay
Laws
Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (Australia) Baby Doe Law
Alternatives
Assisted suicide Palliative care Principle of double effect Palliative sedation
Other issues
Suicide tourism Groningen Protocol Euthanasia device
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Not Dead Yet (NDY) is a United States disability rights group that opposes assisted suicide and euthanasia for disabled people.^[2] Diane Coleman is the founder and president.

In 2004, NDY protested against the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube.^[3]^[4] It also protested against the movie Million Dollar Baby, in which the injection of an overdose of epinephrine to euthanize a suicidal quadriplegic woman is depicted as a rational and compassionate act. The group has been highly critical of utilitarian philosophers such as Peter Singer of Princeton University. Coleman has called Professor Singer "the most dangerous man on earth" and asserted that he was advocating genocide.^[5] In June 2015, NDY organized protests against Singer's position that new-born babies with certain disabilities can morally be killed, which he sees as no different from abortion. The 2015 protest happened because Singer had recently advocated that expensive treatments should be withheld from disabled babies to save the healthcare system money; Not Dead Yet’s first protest against Singer happened at Princeton University after it hired Singer in 1998. Both times the protesters called for Princeton University to dismiss Singer.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Staff". Not Dead Yet. Retrieved February 19, 2023.
^ Macklin, William R. (2001-04-20). "Tiny Disability-rights Group Scores At Princeton Not Dead Yet, Built On Opposition To Assisted Suicide And Euthanasia, Gained Notice Protesting Against A Bioethicist. - Philly.com". Articles.philly.com. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
^ "Schiavo Raised Profile of Disabled". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
^ "After Terri Schiavo". Raggededgemagazine.com. 2005-04-02. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
^ Hari, Johann (2004-07-01). "Peter Singer: Some people are more equal than others - Profiles - People". The Independent. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
^ Chasmar, Jessica (2015-06-16). "Peter Singer, Princeton bioethics professor, faces calls for resignation over infanticide support". Washington Times. Retrieved 2015-06-17.