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Months of work came to fruition on April 25-26, 2014 at the Crystal City Marriott in Arlington, VA. Conference planning experts told us to expect a 10% no show rate, but out of our final count of 68 who signed up to attend (we had initially expected about 50), only 3 missed it. That’s a clue about the amazing level of participation we had for the first ever Disability Rights Leadership Institute on Bioethics (DRLIB).
Before talking about the program, I first want to thank our sponsors: National Disability Leadership Alliance, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, National Council on Independent Living and, of course, Not Dead Yet.
All of DRLIB’s sponsors and participants also want to thank our generous supporters: Aging With Dignity, Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living, Yoshiko Dart, Gail Ludwig and Clarissa Kripke, Michigan Disability Rights Coalition, Montanans Against Assisted Suicide, Patients’ Rights Action Fund and United Spinal.
I also want to thank the Center for Disability Rights for designing and printing our conference programs and...
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