diff --git a/src/InputHandler.ts b/src/InputHandler.ts
index b97152be..c1e05d53 100644
--- a/src/InputHandler.ts
+++ b/src/InputHandler.ts
@@ -296,6 +296,11 @@ export class InputHandler extends Disposable implements IInputHandler {
   }
 
   public parse(data: string): void {
+    // Ensure the terminal is not disposed
+    if (!this._terminal) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     let buffer = this._terminal.buffer;
     const cursorStartX = buffer.x;
     const cursorStartY = buffer.y;
diff --git a/src/Terminal.ts b/src/Terminal.ts
index de44d1a1..8f7d27b3 100644
--- a/src/Terminal.ts
+++ b/src/Terminal.ts
@@ -1293,6 +1293,11 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IDisposable, II
    * @param data The text to write to the terminal.
    */
   public write(data: string): void {
+    // Ensure the terminal isn't disposed
+    if (this._isDisposed) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     // Ignore falsy data values (including the empty string)
     if (!data) {
       return;
@@ -1321,6 +1326,11 @@ export class Terminal extends EventEmitter implements ITerminal, IDisposable, II
   }
 
   protected _innerWrite(): void {
+    // Ensure the terminal isn't disposed
+    if (this._isDisposed) {
+      this.writeBuffer = [];
+    }
+
     const writeBatch = this.writeBuffer.splice(0, WRITE_BATCH_SIZE);
     while (writeBatch.length > 0) {
       const data = writeBatch.shift();
diff --git a/src/common/Lifecycle.test.ts b/src/common/Lifecycle.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b696fa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/Lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 The xterm.js authors. All rights reserved.
+ * @license MIT
+ */
+
+import { assert } from 'chai';
+import { Disposable } from './Lifecycle';
+
+class TestDisposable extends Disposable {
+  public get isDisposed(): boolean {
+    return this._isDisposed;
+  }
+}
+
+describe('Disposable', () => {
+  describe('register', () => {
+    it('should register disposables', () => {
+      const d = new TestDisposable();
+      const d2 = {
+        dispose: () => { throw new Error(); }
+      };
+      d.register(d2);
+      assert.throws(() => d.dispose());
+    });
+  });
+  describe('unregister', () => {
+    it('should unregister disposables', () => {
+      const d = new TestDisposable();
+      const d2 = {
+        dispose: () => { throw new Error(); }
+      };
+      d.register(d2);
+      d.unregister(d2);
+      assert.doesNotThrow(() => d.dispose());
+    });
+  });
+  describe('dispose', () => {
+    it('should set is disposed flag', () => {
+      const d = new TestDisposable();
+      assert.isFalse(d.isDisposed);
+      d.dispose();
+      assert.isTrue(d.isDisposed);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/common/Lifecycle.ts b/src/common/Lifecycle.ts
index 46828521..209a3e2a 100644
--- a/src/common/Lifecycle.ts
+++ b/src/common/Lifecycle.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { IDisposable } from 'xterm';
  */
 export abstract class Disposable implements IDisposable {
   protected _disposables: IDisposable[] = [];
+  protected _isDisposed: boolean = false;
 
   constructor() {
   }
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ export abstract class Disposable implements IDisposable {
    * Disposes the object, triggering the `dispose` method on all registered IDisposables.
    */
   public dispose(): void {
+    this._isDisposed = true;
     this._disposables.forEach(d => d.dispose());
     this._disposables.length = 0;
   }