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biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Diane Coleman</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Diane_Coleman_2022.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Diane_Coleman_2022.png/220px-Diane_Coleman_2022.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Diane_Coleman_2022.png/330px-Diane_Coleman_2022.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Diane_Coleman_2022.png/440px-Diane_Coleman_2022.png 2x" data-file-width="1172" data-file-height="1354" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Coleman in 2022</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Diane Marie Coleman</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1953-08-11</span>)</span>August 11, 1953<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Tawas_City,_Michigan" title="Tawas City, Michigan">Tawas City, Michigan</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 1, 2024<span style="display:none">(2024-11-01)</span> (aged 71)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois">University of Illinois</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1985–2024</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Disability rights advocacy</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Diane Marie Coleman</b> (August 11, 1953 – November 1, 2024) was an American lawyer, <a href="/wiki/Disability_rights_movement" title="Disability rights movement">disability rights</a> advocate, and founder of the <a href="/wiki/Grassroots" title="Grassroots">grassroots</a> organization Not Dead Yet. She focused her career on opposing <a href="/wiki/Assisted_suicide_in_the_United_States" title="Assisted suicide in the United States">assisted suicide</a> and advocating for equitable healthcare and social supports for disabled individuals. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Coleman&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Diane Marie Coleman was born on August 11, 1953, in <a href="/wiki/Tawas_City,_Michigan" title="Tawas City, Michigan">Tawas City, Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At 10 days old, she was placed for adoption and raised by William Coleman, an appliance store owner, and Dolores Ferguson, a <a href="/wiki/Homemaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Homemaker">homemaker</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Kalamazoo,_Michigan" title="Kalamazoo, Michigan">Kalamazoo, Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She had two sisters.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the age of six, Coleman was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Muscular_dystrophy" title="Muscular dystrophy">muscular dystrophy</a>, later identified as spinal muscular atrophy, a condition affecting her <a href="/wiki/Motor_neuron" title="Motor neuron">motor neurons</a> that required extensive medical support, including the use of a <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair" title="Wheelchair">wheelchair</a> by age 11.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Luterman-2023_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luterman-2023-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doctors initially predicted that she would not survive into adulthood.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Luterman-2023_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luterman-2023-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coleman graduated as <a href="/wiki/Valedictorian" title="Valedictorian">valedictorian</a> from her high school. She earned a degree in psychology from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Illinois">University of Illinois</a> in 1976 and completed a joint J.D.-M.B.A. at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a>, in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Coleman&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coleman began her career as a lawyer for the <a href="/wiki/California_Department_of_Corporations" title="California Department of Corporations">California Department of Corporations</a>, specializing in consumer <a href="/wiki/Fraud" title="Fraud">fraud</a> cases.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her experiences with systemic barriers to accessibility motivated her to transition into <a href="/wiki/Disability_rights_movement" title="Disability rights movement">disability rights</a> advocacy.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Luterman-2023_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luterman-2023-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her advocacy work began in earnest in 1985, when she participated in a protest against the lack of <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_lift" title="Wheelchair lift">wheelchair lifts</a> on <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> buses. She joined <a href="/wiki/ADAPT" title="ADAPT">ADAPT</a> in 1986, working with the group on campaigns for accessible <a href="/wiki/Public_transportation_in_the_United_States" title="Public transportation in the United States">public transportation</a> and the eventual passage of the <a href="/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990" title="Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990">Americans with Disabilities Act</a> (ADA).<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-National_Council_on_Disability-2024_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Council_on_Disability-2024-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1989, Coleman moved to <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, where she focused on developing <a href="/wiki/Independent_living" title="Independent living">independent living</a> facilities for individuals with disabilities.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1996, she relocated to <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> and founded Not Dead Yet, a national <a href="/wiki/Grassroots" title="Grassroots">grassroots</a> disability rights organization opposing <a href="/wiki/Assisted_suicide_in_the_United_States" title="Assisted suicide in the United States">assisted suicide</a> and <a href="/wiki/Euthanasia_in_the_United_States" title="Euthanasia in the United States">euthanasia</a>, which she argued perpetuated a "better dead than disabled" mindset prevalent in society and the healthcare system.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Luterman-2023_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luterman-2023-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the executive director of Progress Center for Independent Living in <a href="/wiki/Forest_Park,_Illinois" title="Forest Park, Illinois">Forest Park, Illinois</a> for twelve years.<sup id="cite_ref-Not_Dead_Yet-2012_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Not_Dead_Yet-2012-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, Coleman drafted <i>Assisted Suicide: A Disability Perspective</i>, a foundational paper for the <a href="/wiki/National_Council_on_Disability" title="National Council on Disability">National Council on Disability</a> (NCD). This work was later reissued in 2005 and frequently cited in subsequent policy discussions and advocacy efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-National_Council_on_Disability-2024_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Council_on_Disability-2024-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Not Dead Yet protested against assisted suicide legislation and figures advocating for the <a href="/wiki/Right_to_die" title="Right to die">right to die</a> movement, such as <a href="/wiki/Pathologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Pathologist">pathologist</a> and euthanasia proponent <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kevorkian" title="Jack Kevorkian">Jack Kevorkian</a>. Coleman co-authored <a href="/wiki/Amicus_briefs" class="mw-redirect" title="Amicus briefs">amicus briefs</a> in court cases and testified before the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congress">U.S. Congress</a> four times, presenting arguments about the systemic inequalities faced by people with disabilities in accessing adequate healthcare and support.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-National_Council_on_Disability-2024_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Council_on_Disability-2024-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coleman highlighted societal biases in medical care, asserting that disabled individuals were often offered assistance to die without first being given meaningful options to live. She described this as the ultimate form of discrimination and made this critique central to her testimony and advocacy.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Luterman-2023_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luterman-2023-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2003 to 2008, Coleman was an adjunct faculty member at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Chicago" title="University of Illinois Chicago">University of Illinois Chicago</a>, where she co-taught two graduate courses centered on <a href="/wiki/Medical_ethics" title="Medical ethics">medical ethics</a> and disability studies.<sup id="cite_ref-Not_Dead_Yet-2012_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Not_Dead_Yet-2012-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2012, she had worked as the director of advocacy at the center for disability rights in <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a> for three years.<sup id="cite_ref-Not_Dead_Yet-2012_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Not_Dead_Yet-2012-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Coleman&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coleman married twice. Her first marriage, to Michael Yester, ended in divorce.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She later married Stephen Drake, a fellow disability rights advocate. The couple moved to Rochester, New York, in 2008 to be closer to Drake's family. By this time, the progression of her condition required her to use a <a href="/wiki/Ventilator" title="Ventilator">ventilator</a> for breathing support.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She died on November 1, 2024, at her home in Rochester from <a href="/wiki/Sepsis" title="Sepsis">sepsis</a> at the age of 71.<sup id="cite_ref-Risen-2024_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Risen-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diane_Coleman&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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