Category Archives: homicide

Autistic Self Advocacy Network Leads National Disability Day of Mourning

February 28, 2024ASAN, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, Day of Mourning, homicide, murder, Our News & Commentary BlogASAN, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Day of Mourning, homicide, murderDiane Coleman

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network will lead disability organizations and advocates across the country in the thirteenth annual Disability Day of Mourning this Friday. Below is ASAN’s message about the vigils being held in memory of disabled lives lost and how you can participate. ASAN’s Message: In the past five years, over 570 people with … Continue reading Autistic Self Advocacy Network Leads National Disability Day of Mourning →

Join Annual Disability Day of Mourning Events March 1st

February 24, 2022Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, Day of Mourning, domestic violence, elder abuse, homicide, Homicide / 'Mercy Killing', murder, Our News & Commentary BlogDay of Mourning, homicide, mercy killingDiane Coleman

For National Virtual event 4:00 pm, go HERE. For New York virtual event: MARCH 1, 3:30pm, Register HERE. For OTHER CITIES, check HERE. People with disabilities are twice as likely as non-disabled people to be victims of violent crime. Every year, the national media covers dozens of stories about murders of people with disabilities by family members or … Continue reading Join Annual Disability Day of Mourning Events March 1st →

From ASAN: Sign up to be a Day of Mourning Vigil Site Coordinator!

February 2, 2019Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, Day of Mourning, homicide, Homicide / 'Mercy Killing', Our News & Commentary BlogAutistic Self Advocacy Network, Day of Mourning, homicide, mercy killingDiane Coleman

[From our friends at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network:] In the past five years, over 650 people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives, or caregivers. On Friday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation to remember these disabled victims of filicide – disabled people murdered by their family members or … Continue reading From ASAN: Sign up to be a Day of Mourning Vigil Site Coordinator! →

ASAN Announces 7th Annual Day of Mourning – Join in 2018 Events Across U.S.

January 14, 2018Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, Day of Mourning, domestic violence, homicide, Our News & Commentary BlogAutistic Self Advocacy Network, Day of MourningDiane Coleman

Not Dead Yet is honored to be a partner in the seventh annual Day of Mourning, first inaugurated by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network in 2012. Here is ASAN’s announcement of the 2018 Day of Mourning: In the past five years, over 550 people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives or caregivers. … Continue reading ASAN Announces 7th Annual Day of Mourning – Join in 2018 Events Across U.S. →

NDY Statement on the First Anniversary of the Sagamihara Murders

July 25, 2017better dead than disabled, hate crime, homicide, Japan, Our News & Commentary Bloghate crime, Japan, Sagamihara murdersDiane Coleman

[Editor’s note: Disability advocates in Japan requested this Statement which was written by Stephen Drake, NDY’s Research Analyst, and will be translated and read during a ceremony to be held on July 26, 2017 honoring the victims of the Sagamihara murders.] One year ago, 19 disabled people were brutally stabbed to death by a young … Continue reading NDY Statement on the First Anniversary of the Sagamihara Murders →