Not Dead Yet Supporters

Not Dead Yet the resistance in Black Gothic Lettering

7521 Madison St * Forest Park, IL 60130 * Voice/TTY: 708-209-1500 * Fax: 708-209-1735 * TTY: 708-209-1826

National Disability Groups Opposed
To Legalization of Assisted Suicide

American Association of People With Disabilities (AAPD) - AAPD is a national cross-disability membership organization promoting political and economic empowerment for the more than 56 million children and adults with disabilities in the United States.

American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) - ADAPT advocates for the civil rights of people with disabilities, old and young, to receive long term care services in the community instead of being warehoused in nursing homes and institutions.

Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL) - APRIL is the national association of centers for independent living, statewide independent living councils, and other organizations working with people with disabilities living in rural areas.

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) - DREDF is the leading force in education and legal enforcement of the ADA and other laws that prohibit discrimination based on disability.

Justice For All - Justice For All and its extensive email network were formed to defend and advance disability rights and programs in the U.S. Congress.

National Council on Disability - The National Council on Disability (NCD) is an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on issues affecting 54 million Americans with Disabilities.

National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) - NCIL is the national association of hundreds of consumer-controlled Centers for Independent Living, non-residential grassroots advocacy and service organizations operated by and for people with disabilities.

National Spinal Cord Injury Association - The National Spinal Cord Injury Association is an international nonprofit organization for people living with spinal cord injury. Their mission is to enable people with spinal cord injuries to make choices and take actions so that they might achieve their highest level of independence and personal fulfillment.

Not Dead Yet - NDY is a grassroots disability rights group formed to oppose the movement to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia.

TASH - TASH is a civil rights organization for, and of, people with mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, physical disabilities and other conditions that make full integration a challenge.

World Association of Persons with Disabilities - WAPD advances the interests of persons with disabilities at national, state, local and home levels.

World Institute on Disability - WID is an international public policy center dedicated to carrying out cutting-edge research on disability issue and overcoming obstacles to independent living. It was founded by Ed Roberts, the "father" of the independent living movement.