The Stakes:
The disability community is under threat from anti-diversity executive orders, proposed cuts to Medicaid and other vital supports, and dangerous rhetoric from political leaders who unabashedly devalue disabled lives as disposable.
While the disability community feels these harms first and most acutely, disability issues like healthcare, wealth inequality, and social isolation affect everyone. Most people in their lifetime will end up needing the same resources and supports that disabled folks already rely on.
The impact campaign for LIFE AFTER will help unravel the threads of ableism and injustice woven into our institutions, culture, and logic. This is long-term work that requires profound social transformation – alongside major shifts in political will and resource investment. A crucial first step is to reframe society’s perception of disability to be understood as a natural part of the human experience, and one that everyone should be attuned to as it relates to our healthcare systems, legal frameworks, policies, and other social systems.
Our impact campaign goals:
Raise awareness about the ways that disabled people are fundamentally devalued and often die prematurely, due to ableism in medical settings, lack of government support, and society’s widespread fear of disability.
Support ongoing advocacy that furthers the disability community’s means to live and thrive – and inspire new advocates to join and grow these efforts. This involves advancing policies, social support, and public discourse that take the needs, aspirations, and dignity of disabled people into account, focusing on affordable, universal healthcare, home- and community-based services, and disability supports.
Foster connection, community and conversation among disabled people. In addition to pushing for policy and culture change, we hope the film can offer people with disabilities a chance to connect with each other and discuss topics that may be considered taboo, or have been actively silenced.
what you can do:
Join the fight to protect Medicaid.
Medicaid is more than just a healthcare program—it’s a lifeline for nearly 80 million people, including 17 million disabled people and older adults. It provides essential coverage for doctor visits, medications, and long-term care that private insurance often doesn’t cover. It ensures children get the care they need without families facing financial hardship. Now, that lifeline is under threat.
The proposed Medicaid cuts aren’t about saving money—they’re about shifting resources away from families and caregivers to fund tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. Learn more about the fight here.
With one click, send a letter to your representatives to say: "No Cuts, No Concessions, Protect Medicaid".
Host a screening of LIFE AFTER for your organization or community. We are especially looking to bring the film to:
Medical professionals, healthcare workers, therapists
Bioethicists, legal students, lawyers
Human rights advocates
Policy makers and legislators
Faith groups
Journalists and media professionals
Progressive audiences who may support both disability justice and assisted dying, but haven’t yet considered the friction of these two issues
Our current coalition of partners includes:
Patients Rights Action Fund, Crip News, FWD-Doc, Disability Justice Network of Ontario, New Disabled South, Caring Across Generations, Inevitable Influence.
Donate to our Pay It Forward fund so that someone else who can’t afford the rental fee can access the film for free.