In the News - February 2013

Every month I compile a list of the stories I post on Down Wit Dat's Facebook page. They are stories of activism, of inclusion, of advocacy, of education, of hope and of love.  These are from February.  It may have been a short month, but there was a lot in the news.

Legend:

AUDIO	indicates an audio clip
APPEAL	indicates an online petition or plea
BLOG	indicates a blog post
EVENT	indicates a scheduled event
LINKS	indicates links or resource materials
PHOTOS	indicates photos
STUDY	indicates a study
THREAD	indicates an online discussion thread
VIDEO	indicates a video

BLOG	Ten Little Monkeys Read more here: http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/12/01/2295922/beaufort-teen-with-down-syndrome.html#storylink=cpy
	Support flows for woman with Down syndrome mocked by radio DJ - See more at: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/01/31/support-flows-for-woman-mocked-by-radio-dj.html#sthash.ZV10BbV0.dpuf Support flows for woman with Down syndrome mocked by radio DJ Support flows for woman with Down syndrome mocked by radio DJ - See more at: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/01/31/support-flows-for-woman-mocked-by-radio-dj.html#sthash.ZV10BbV0.dpuf Support flows for woman with Down syndrome mocked by radio DJ - See more at: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/01/31/support-flows-for-woman-mocked-by-radio-dj.html#sthash.ZV10BbV0.dpuf Support flows for woman with Down syndrome mocked by radio DJ - See more at: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/01/31/support-flows-for-woman-mocked-by-radio-dj.html#sthash.ZV10BbV0.dpuf
BLOG	Living BIG in a small community
	Social Security Proposes Dropping ‘Mental Retardation’
	Down's Syndrome dance group Dance For Joy to appear on Sky One’s Got to Dance competition
	Cerebral palsy breakthrough
BLOG	On the making of things –
EVENT	Colasanti Craft Fair
BLOG	Keep Calm T-Shirts
BLOG	Celebrities Who Apologize For Using The Word Retard: Does It Do Any Good?
VIDEO	High School Wrestling Champ Shares Glory With Special Opponent
	DJ Apologizes For Mocking Woman With Disability
	Group provides support to young adults
BLOG	On rooting for nobody in the Superbowl
BLOG	Why I Cry
BLOG	John Anton on Capitol Hill
BLOG	On enlightenment –
	Sharing a Prenatal or Newborn Diagnosis
BLOG	Learning to Trust and Be Trusted
VIDEO	Down Syndrome: My Sister Kassidy
BLOG	It's a regular Halloween here everyday.
BLOG	A Bare Naked Update: Downs Side Up Uncovered
	Reader's Story - Caroline Playle
	World Down Syndrome Day
VIDEO	Indiana parents irate over daughter's duct-taped shoes
	How To Change The World
VIDEO	When Bill met Shelley: No disability could keep them apart
BLOG	What Makes it Hard
VIDEO	#VEMSEANPENN
VIDEO	Special Olympics Polar Plunge
STUDY	Mothers of special needs children needed for undergraduate survey
STUDY	Attn: Parents of Children with Down Syndrome!
VIDEO	Omaha Man Wins Walk-On Role On Mary Poppins
	Woman With Disability Battles Mother Over Independent Living
BLOG	A Very special story (for feeding tube awareness week)
BLOG	It’s Not About You –
	Jordan rolls:  Senior with Down syndrome finishes season on Jackson JV bowling team
	A Game-Changing Treatment for ADHD A Game Changing Treatment for ADHD A Game-Changing Treatment for ADHD
VIDEO	Waiter who stood up for young boy with Down syndrome forwards donations to boy’s school
BLOG	Down Syndrome Uprising
	10 Tips for dressing a sensory sensitive child
BLOG	Angels and Warriors and Cancer, Oh My
BLOG	How I Will Spend Valentine’s Day
	A letter of love to my baby girl
VIDEO	Reveal the Champion Inside
BLOG	Angels With Dirty Faces –
	Stamford teen wins award for film on Down syndrome
	Abuse of 7 Year Old with Special Needs Recorded by School Intern
	Learning To Enjoy Eating (Even With Spiders)
	Robert Saylor death ruled a homicide
BLOG	My special gift
	Patrick fights Rotenberg shock therapy decree
	All the King's Fools
	A sensational breakthrough: the first bionic hand that can feel
LINKS	The Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group
	Calling all heart moms!
BLOG	What do you say when someone asks “how are you doing?”
	The Arc Responds to the Death of Maryland Man with Down syndrome
VIDEO	Worldwide Campaign to End the Institutionalization of Children
	6 Things Down Syndrome Parents Wish You Would Stop Saying
	Annual Inclusion Awards
BLOG	News flash! Hotty Has A Down Syndrome Friend!
	Love From Uncle Carl x
BLOG	What? Was I yelling?
	POLL:  Judge Rotenberg Center & electric shocks
	Jack’s modelling taught me Down’s is not the end of his world ...it’s the start of a new one
BLOG	Hard Ass -
	Be a Hero!
	Councillor considers resignation over disabled comment
BLOG	Mummy Activists
BLOG	Open Letter to Colin Brewer
BLOG	Crumbs –

This month:

Down Wit Dat's Facebook page surpassed 1000 fans! Thanks to all that got the word out.  Welcome to all our new friends.

Down Wit Dat - The Group , our all inclusive special needs group (along with our Facebook Page and Twitter feed) have been chosen as finalists in About.com's Readers Choice:  Favorite Special Needs Online Community!  You can vote for us every day, once a day (from an email address or Facebook sign in) through March 19th! 

Fairytales, my post from July of last year, has been nominated for Best International Post from the SWANs. 

Down Wit Dat has also been selected as a finalist in Wego Health's Health Activist:  Best Kept Secret 2012. 



Also, don't forget to check out a new page that I'm involved in: Down syndrome Uprising. Let's Talk!





...And that's the news.  Keep the stories and information coming!