Blog
The End-Of-Life Options Act Passed in Illinois
Oct 31, 2025
It is with the heaviest of hearts that we are writing to announce the Illinois House & Senate's passage of SB 1950, the "End of Life Options Act," which is a patient-assisted suicided bill that was hidden as an amendment in an unrelated bill about food safety.
Although we know this type of legislation has been initiated in previous years and will be introduced in future sessions, the disability community stood up and united, and although we are the largest minority in the nation, we were...
Illinois has made history--Check it out!
Oct 29, 2025
For years, 10 Minutes A Day has worked hard to advance policies that protect the chronic pain community. We were supported & helped initiate a bill to protect pain patients, which became a law this year. Illinois HB 5373, which was historical in many respects. HB 5373 eliminated the usage of "Morphine Milligram Equivalent" (MME) guidelines & took critical steps to prevent law enforcement from using our Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) for fishing expeditions or...
Our NoKings Event: Thank you!! We see you!
Oct 23, 2025
Last Saturday, October 18th, over 7 million people attended a #NoKings protest to let Donald Trump know that we are not a monarchy. With our partners at DIYabled, we hosted a more accessible, virtual #NoKings event that was a disability led, disability focused, and we enjoyed it so much! Many people came to discuss issues on their minds & support the tens of millions of disabled Americans. We formed a Signal group to continue the dialogue & stay organized. If you'd like to...
