In the News - August 2013

A collection of news articles, blogs, stories and information about Down syndrome, disability and special needs, from Down Wit Dat's Facebook page.

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AUDIO	indicates an audio clip
APPEAL	indicates an online petition or plea
BLOG	indicates a blog post
CASE	*NEW!* indicates a lawsuit or proceedings
EVENT	indicates a scheduled event
LAWS	*NEW!* indicates a new piece of legislation
LINKS	indicates links or resource materials
PHOTOS	indicates photos
STUDY	indicates a study or discovery
THREAD	indicates an online discussion thread
VIDEO	indicates a video or movie

BLOG	(neuro)Queer: A Prose Poem Essay
BLOG	missing my magic unicorns
	Quinn defers decision on extra resources for pupils with Down’s syndrome
LINKS	Leadership in the History of the Developmental Disabilities Movement
LINKS	Canadian Special Needs Funding Resources
BLOG	I Just Have a Kid
BLOG	The Problem With Down Syndrome: Part 2
	Social Security Administration Erases the “R-Word”
	Following Controversy, Girl With Disability Receives Transplant
	‘Airline banned me from seat’
BLOG	Seeing But Unable to Believe
BLOG	Nursing Jude
	Disease Is Not A Metaphor
BLOG	"Leukemia Sucks, Down Syndrome Doesn't"
	Disability Awareness: 10 Things Parents Should Teach Their Kids About Disabilities
BLOG	Balance
BLOG	Change Your Mind
BLOG	Defending The R-Word The Problem With Down Syndrome: Part 3
	When Cops Criminalize the Disabled
	Disability Is No Excuse to Deprive One of Civil Liberties
BLOG	Action Alert: Contact Governor O’Malley of Maryland to Demand an Independent Investigation Regarding the Death of Ethan Saylor - See more at: http://www.ndss.org/About-NDSS/Newsroom/Recent-News/Action-Alert-Ethan-Saylor-Update/#sthash.2UoMhRDE.dpuf The Burden of Goodness
	Revolution! Revolution!
	Professor with autism provides valuable insight
BLOG	Jenny and Eve and the Statistics of Freedom
	Flyer Targets People with Disabilities
VIDEO	Pipas no ar (Kites in the Air) - English Subtitles
	Neighbors Want Family's Handicap Ramp Removed; Lawyer Weighs In
VIDEO	Don't Limit Me!
	Disability Rights Are Human Rights
	#JusticeForEthan and the Media Narrative
	Disability rights advocates, families fight new provision of Affordable Care Act Like A Person
	Executive Producer of Local News Seeks Witnesses
	When Good Is Not Good Enough
	Look at the facts – All Students Learn Better Side by Side
BLOG	Parley
BLOG	Medical Discrimination
APPEAL	Petition Calls for End of Electro-shock Therapy for Autism
	Report shows disability law not being enforced
	Army veteran kicked off North Wildwood boardwalk by police because of service dog
BLOG	Hard and Beautiful
	Man with learning difficulties to be sterilised in unprecedented court ruling
BLOG	Don't Call Me Autism Mom
VIDEO	Ethan Saylor: Sheriff speaks about Down syndrome man who died in police custody
	Disability as Scare Tactic for a Good Cause?
VIDEO	Ethan Saylor, man with down syndrome, who died in police custody, may have not needed movie ticket after all
	‘Breaking Bad’ and Special Needs Parenting
	Raising inclusive kids
	Wheelchair user demands better Montreal metro access
	Problem Solver and Redefining Independence
	Open letter to the woman sharing my flight from LAX to PDX
BLOG	Quiet Hands
	Hollister Ordered to Make Faux Surf Shacks Wheelchair Accessible
	23 Ways To Communicate With A Non-Verbal Child
	Woman allegedly kept disabled cousin chained to bed in basement
VIDEO	Family in shock after hate letter targets teen with autism
VIDEO	Inclusion International GLOBAL CAMPAIGN The Right to Decide
	From Two Ends of the Spectrum, Hate and Ignorance About Autism Abounds
	Can Disability Be Sexy?
VIDEO	Disability Culture Rap - Part 2
	‘Difference in Itself’: Validating Disabled People’s Lived Experience
	How Common Core Tests are Impacting Students with Disabilities
	Petition calling for investigation into death of man with Down syndrome goes viral
	#JusticeForEthan and the Media Narrative continued
	Practice Language for Kids Nervous About Social Life
	Future Past: Disability, Eugenics, and Brave New Worlds
BLOG	Your Worst Nightmare
	Ready, Willing and Disabled
	Down Syndrome Man Goes to Movies, Ends Up in Morgue
	Autism Speaks Sued by Mother of Autistic Child
	The biggest problem for parents of a child with special needs? Other people
BLOG	Anger
	Teacher’s Allergy Forces Girl With Autism To Change Schools
	Talking With the Editor of Criptiques, an Exciting New Disability Anthology
	Support for a Mother with Disabilities to Parent
	How To Help Sensory Sensitivity How to Help Sensory Sensitivity
	Disabled Persons' Cry Over Omission From County Budget, Siaya
	Ali's Place: After school experience for youth with disabilities
APPEAL	Tell the White House to STOP rules that cause institutionalization
	Should the Mentally Disabled Have Sex?
	Justice for Down syndrome man who died in movie theater
BLOG	Big Trouble: I Dare to Take on Inspiration Yet Again
BLOG	Mad Love
BLOG	Memories Evoked
VIDEO	Robert Ethan Saylor Petition on Change.org Gains More than 300,000 signatures
	Neighbor Stops Complaining About Family's Handicap Ramp
BLOG	So Much For Interpretation
APPEAL	Help Avoid a Strike or Lockout, Sign Our Petition

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