Kyle Glozier

The news of my friend and mentor, Diane Colman’s passing has hit me hard. Even though she was quite small her spirit was huge.     I met Diane in Baltimore in 1995 during my first national ADAPT action.   She was a fierce warrior for civil rights, being arrested too many times to count. Diane dedicated her life to the fight for disability rights. She was an icon in the disability community having been a part of the disability rights group ADAPT from the early days.     When Dr. Kevorkian was promoting physician-assisted suicide, she was the founder of Not Dead Yet, which my dad and I joined.   She asked me to speak at a rally protesting Dr. Peter Singer.   I was twelve at the time, the same age of Tracy Lanamore, a girl who was murdered by her father simply because of her disability. Two of my favorite songs that Diane sung were called We Will Ride and Wheelchair Warriors.   It was about the struggles of people with disabilities riding Greyhou...