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Disability Day of Mourning In The News

2023

‘None of those were mercy killings’: A vigil for disabled people killed by family
NJ vigil to mark violent deaths of people with disabilities: Where caregivers can get help
Disability Day of Mourning: History, significance and all you need to know
Recognizing Disability Inclusion and Equity Month
Klasse Gegen Klasse – Heute ist Disability Day of Mourning: Gedenktag für im System ermordete behinderte Menschen
Chicago Disability Day of Mourning & Open Mic 2023 (Hybrid) | Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | University of Illinois Chicago
2023 Disability Day Of Mourning
🕯️Disability Day of Mourning 🕯️
A Disability Day of Mourning: Remembering the Murdered and the Vulnerable
Chicago Disability Day of Mourning & Open Mic 2023 (Hybrid), Access Living of Metro Chicago, March 1 2023 | AllEvents.in
Vigil designed to change the narrative for disabled people killed by family members and caregivers
Lazy Deaths
Disability Day of Mourning 2023
Disability Day of Mourning

2022

OPINION: Don’t be more lenient on caregivers who kill their disabled dependents
Time to change the narrative
A Disability Day of Mourning: Remembering the Murdered and the Vulnerable
Disability Day of Mourning: Online vigils remember those killed by caregivers
A Disability Day of Mourning: Remembering the Murdered and the Vulnerable
Utah group to remember JJ Vallow, other disabled victims of filicide in online vigil Monday

2020 News Articles

Deaths of disabled children are no less tragic | Opinion
Disability Day of Mourning held on campus
Disability Day of Mourning
Disability Day of Mourning
Aberdeen rights activists to hold vigil for disabled victims of murder
Local Disability Community Commemorates Lives of Disabled Victims of Violence
Day commemorating disabled victims of murder to remember Port Coquitlam woman
Richmond man organizes day to commemorate deaths of disabled people
Disability Day of Mourning honours those killed by their caretakers
Monday Is Disability Day of Mourning
2020 Disability Day of Mourning » NeuroClastic
Disability Day of Mourning
Burnaby event mourns people with disabilities killed by loved ones
OPINION: Disability ‘access’ is not enough
‘Our lives are worth living’: Remembering those with disabilities who were murdered
Disability Day of Mourning : Filicide, Euthanasia and Dehumanization of Autistic People
Filicide-International Day of Mourning
PSA: Local disability community commemorates lives of disabled filicide victims
In Sickness and In Health: Reflections on Death, Disability, and Caregiving
B.C. woman who may have died from neglect, starvation remembered.

2016 News Articles

Vigil honors people with disabilities killed by caretakers

2017 News Articles

New Report Discovers That the Media Normalizes the Murders of People with Disabilities
Vigil To Honour Disabled Victims Of Violence
‘We’re Not Burdens at All’: A Q&A on Media Coverage and the Murders of Disabled People
Vancouver Area Disability Community Commemorates Lives of Victims
Dozens Gather to Remember Those With Disabilities Killed by Their Caregivers
Florida leads nation in disabled Americans ‘murdered’ by family, caregivers; media coverage ‘killer centered’
Guelph vigil to honour disabled victims, murdered by caretakers
Living with a disability is living nonetheless, advocates say
The Ruderman White Paper: Media Coverage of the Murder of People with Disabilities by their Caregivers

2018 News Articles

Vigil to honor filicide victims
A day of remembrance at CSULB
My Mother Thought I’d Be Better Off Dead Because I’m Disabled
Local disability community set to commemorate the lives of disabled victims
Disability Day of Mourning Candlelight Vigil Planned for Thursday
Brief: Community vigil will remember, support people with disabilities
Day of Mourning Vigil to be held at Georgian Court University
Disability Day of Mourning vigil to be held at Schine Student Center
Disability Day Of Mourning: 1,027 Reasons To Be Angry
Disabled activists take part in nationwide day of mourning
Disabled Americans: Stop Murdering Us
Don’t think of degrees of disability
Syracuse University hosts vigil for people with disabilities killed by parents or caretaker
Small group holds vigil for people with disabilities killed by caregivers
Vigils To Honor People With Disabilities Killed By Caregivers
ETSU holds candlelight vigil for Disability Day of Mourning
“I’m autistic. I just turned 36 — the average age when people like me die.”
National Day of Mourning vigil to be held in Port Hueneme
National Disability Day of Mourning
Media release: Local disability community commemorates lives of disabled filicide victims
National Disability Day of Mourning Focus of GCU Vigil
Opinion: Philly Disability Day of Mourning a step toward honoring those killed by caregivers
Disability Community Commemorates Lives of Disabled Filicide/Homicide Victims
Residents honor those murdered for having a disability

Blog Posts about Disability Day of Mourning

2013

Mosaic of Minds: Creating a Culture of Death

2014

Turtle Is A Verb: I am not a burden (Day of Mourning 2014)

2018

Lattes and Latkes: Disability Day of Mourning
Autistic Future: Disability Day of Mourning 2018
Thirty Days of Autism: Counting… The Day of Mourning and the Disability Clothesline
Autism Women’s Network: Reading List for the Disability Day of Mourning
The Rebuttal: A Day of Mourning
Remembering Those We’ve Lost on the Disability Day of Mourning
Medium: To Neurotypicals On My 36th Birthday
This Is For You, Carrie: Disability Day of Mourning 2018
Just Keep Stimming: Disability Day of Mourning
Come Roll With Me: Disability Day of Mourning
The Arc: Disability Day of Mourning Vigils
Two Thirds Of The Planet: Disability Day of Mourning: A Day to Remember Those Who Were Killed
Speculative Fiction To Read on the Disability Day of Mourning – Ada Hoffmann
The Return To Innocence — Today, on Disability Day of Mourning, let me tell…
The Squeaky Wheelchair: Disability Day of Mourning 2018: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
LAST: Disability Day of Mourning, 2018
How did we get into this mess?: Disability Day of Mourning 2018
Neurowonderful: How Many Ways
Robert Latimer, Tracy Latimer, and Why the Disability Community Mourns on March 1

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