friends and allies. One of the continuing visionaries of the disability rights movement, Fay provided ongoing leadership to disability advocates. He was recognized in the movement for his irrepressible enthusiasm and optimism. Fay made a short video with another disability rights notable, Roland W. Sykes, founder of DIMENET. He also appears in the 2011 disability rights documentary Lives Worth Living, where he argues that sheltered workshops should be resisted and that people with disabilities should be encouraged to live their lives independently. Fay died on August 20, 2011, at his home in Concord at the age of 66. He is succeeded by his son, Derick Fay, and survived by a brother and two sisters, as well as his companion Trish Irons and her two children from a previous marriage. References External links Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement 1944 births 2011 deaths American disability rights activists American people with disabilities