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Last year, Donald Trump, now President-elect of the United States, was caught making fun of Serge Kovaleski, a reporter with arthrogryposis, a condition that causes severe joint contractures. The footage went viral. The incident became a defining moment...

This Monday, Hillary Clinton proposed something no major presidential candidate ever had before: paying all disabled workers the minimum wage. At a campaign event in Madison, Wisconsin, Clinton was asked by Nikki Vander Meulen, an autistic attorney...

In continuing its commitment to advocating for the full inclusion of people with disabilities into society, the Ruderman Family Foundation (RFF) has announced it will award the second annual Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion to Ari Ne’eman, President...

The title of this post may suggest I’m making a point that’s beyond obvious. But sometimes the obvious needs to be stated, especially when it comes to the anti-vaccine movement. I was appalled after watching this clip from CBS news about...

Diane Coleman By Diane Coleman, the President of Not Dead Yet.  This article was published on May 2 on the Not Dead Yet blog. Months of work came to fruition on April 25 – 26, 2014 at the Crystal City Marriott in Arlington, VA. Conference...