— Mother Jones
DAY OF
MOURNING
REMEMBERING
2018
PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES
MURDERED BY CAREGIVERS
CANDLELIGHT
VIGIL
THURS. MARCH 1
“Mourn for the dead, and
fght like hell
for the living.”
People with disabilities are twice as likely as non-disabled people to be
victims of violent crime. Every year, the national media covers dozens of
stories about murders of people with disabilities by family members or
caregivers, and many more go unnoticed.
Too often, the coverage focuses on sympathy for the murderer, because
they had to live with or care for a person with a disability. The message
to the public is that our lives—not our deaths—are the tragedy.
On March 1st, join the Autistic Self Advocacy Network in remembering
people with disabilities who lost their lives at the hands of family
members or caregivers. We will remember those we have lost and
remind the world that their lives had value.
Contact the organizer:
TIME:
PLACE:
Chapel of the Holy Family in the Alumni Memorial Union
1422 Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee
Sponsored by the Marquette Autism Consortium
Emily Levine
Autism Society SE WI
414-988-1260
info@assew.org
