Not Dead Yet's Shonda McLaughlin endorses Disability Integration Act
Channel: Not Dead Yet USA
Date: 19/01/2019

At the reintroduction of the Disability Integration Act (DIA) on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, January 15, 2019, Not Dead Yet Director of Minority Outreach Anita Cameron introduces Not Dead Yet board member Shonda McLaughlin. Shonda talks about her high school experience, when she dependent on others for personal care: “Some thought I was a burden to society, and my family specifically. Because many are so at ease to write off and devalue the lives of people with disabilities like mine, suicide is perpetuated as a viable option for the disabled… Black, brown and elderly people are disproportionately affected.
“Not Dead Yet and ADAPT advocate for policies that promote Life and Liberty for persons with all disabilities. Thank you ADAPT for your promotion of the Disability Integration Act. Not Dead Yet stands firmly in solidarity with you as this Act will give people with disabilities and the elderly the civil right to receive the attendant services and other support at home, assisting people to live, not die. Access to services at home must be available to those who need it. Not suicide. Life and liberty.
Anita Cameron closes the segment by saying “I’m gonna go Anita here for a second. I am going to call on the House to pass the Disability Integration Act by July 26, 2019! 
We can pass this bill! Okay, there is support for this bill. Don’t be afraid of this bill. This is civil rights. Pass the Disability Integration Act by July 26, 2019.”
July 26, 2019 will be the 29th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990.