In the News - September 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	indicates a lawsuit or proceedings
EVENT	indicates a scheduled event
LAWS	indicates a new piece of legislation
LINKS	indicates links or resource materials
PHOTOS	indicates photos
POLL	*NEW!* indicates an online survey
STUDY	indicates a study or discovery
THREAD	indicates an online discussion thread
VIDEO	indicates a video or movie

	Why People Have Such High Expectations of Parents of Children with Special Needs
	Disabled rally to criticize difficult living conditions
	I have Down syndrome and run my own business
VIDEO	“Don’t give up”: With family’s help, Latina with autism is in college, pursuing career
	Book shows how to design a home for all ages, abilities
BLOG	Disabled People As A Test of Character: The Guinness Commercial
BLOG	Ode to the Stim: the printable sequel
	'Of course we will help her at home, but I want to be Emer's mam, not her teacher'
LINKS	Disability Studies Quarterly
BLOG	Smoochie Paraplegic Cat: When Disability Tropes Take on a Life of Their Own
VIDEO	Mom says wheelchair-bound daughter has no access to transportation
	Transition Focus Of New Documentary On PBS
VIDEO	Robert "Ethan" Saylor's Family will deliver petition signatures to Governor
VIDEO	Public School Offers $86K to Keep Autistic Boy Out
	Survey Finds Disability Abuse Widespread
	Few Young Adults With Autism Living Independently
	Parents, school district resolve dispute over service dog, allergic teacher
BLOG	Defending The R-Word Bodies and Behaviors
POLL	Should the governor open an independent investigation into the death of Robert Ethan Saylor?
BLOG	Walk In Their Shoes: Attempted Murder of Autistics: Issy Stapleton
	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 Duncan wants to end test for disabled students that California overused
BLOG	Revolution! Is there anything we can do to prevent parents murdering their disabled children?
BLOG	I Am Now Officially a Bitter Crip!
BLOG	On violence, and gerrymandering, and murder.
BLOG	Nasty Comments Got Me Thinking
BLOG	Are You Being Ableist? You Might Be Surprised
BLOG	What Inclusivity Means
BLOG	Why So Many Fail to Understand Systemic Oppression
BLOG	Dehumanizing
	Unfinished Business: portraying disability in Indigenous Australia
BLOG	Dirty Words: Autism Lingo Like A Person
BLOG	Justifying Actions
BLOG	Yours, Mine and Ours: autism, self-advocacy, and setting limits
VIDEO	Adopted girl says mother forced her to dig her own grave
	Saints, Sages, and Victims: Endorsement of and Resistance to Cultural Stereotypes in Memoirs by Parents of Children with Disabilities
VIDEO	The Stream : Deconstructing disability
	Toronto police pushed man out of wheelchair, rights complaint alleges
BLOG	Reflective Practice
	Evidence Lacking On Transition Programs
VIDEO	New Analysis: DC taxis warned each other during WUSA9 blind passenger test
BLOG	Aspergers unmasked
BLOG	Disability as Disaster
BLOG	Drawing No Lines
BLOG	The Right to Mourn
BLOG	Beyond The Gift
BLOG	Doing Social Justice: Thoughts on Ableist Language and Why It Matters
BLOG	No You Don’t
LINKS	OpeningOntario’s “Saddest Chapter:” A Social History of HuroniaRegional Centre
LINKS	Apps for Students With LD: Having Fun
LINKS	Canadian Journal of Disability Studies
BLOG	On the Topic of Violence…
	Fighting For A New Heart
APPEAL	Help My Autistic Son Get a Life-Saving Heart Transplant
VIDEO	Police: Couple kept disabled daughter locked in bathroom, basement
	“Silencing” the extra 21st chromosome
EVENT	Forum: "Introduction of Tactile Currency in America"
VIDEO	B.C. woman with muscular dystrophy stuck in a care home due to government red tape
BLOG	Disability as the Ultimate Insult
	IT IS WRONG TO MURDER YOUR AUTISTIC CHILD
BLOG	Get Out!
VIDEO	"History makes the person." - Dave Hingsburger
	Police and school staff sued for beating and Tasering 12-year-old deaf boy
	Are the Lives of People with Disabilities Seen as Less Worthy?
BLOG	Sincere Support
CASE	An update on the Huronia Regional Class Action Suit
	After woman finds offensive phrase inside bottle cap, Coca-Cola cancels Canadian promotion
BLOG	Reflections on an Inconstant Life: My Eight Year Blogiversary
BLOG	Autistic Twins
AUDIO	Mother says autism intolerance more common than people think
BLOG	Intent... not magic
BLOG	The Conversation That Isn’t
BLOG	Hyperlexia and Echolalia: He Owns His Words
	Disney Taking Away Line-Skipping For Disabled Guests Because Some People Are Jerks
	4 Countries With the Right Approach to Dementia Care
	How To Help Sensory Sensitivity Angela Bachiller, the World’s First Person with Down Syndrome to Hold Public Office
	School ruined education of special-needs son, dad says
	Older people with autism in Scotland 'invisible'
	If A Parent Murders An Autistic Child, Who Is To Blame?
	#heardwhilstdisabled: Things said to disabled people
BLOG	Enforcing Shame Through Ableism
	5 Things You Might Not Know About Dyscalculia
BLOG	bits and pieces
BLOG	Two Little Girls
	The 2013 VATTA Committee
	Spectacular Underwater Acrobatics Using a Self-Propelled Wheelchair
VIDEO	The Loud Hands Project
BLOG	I’m Not Here for Your Inspiration, and Neither is Michael J. Fox
BLOG	To the International Paralympic Committee: Let Victoria Arlen Compete
	Intervention: Damaging for Autistic Children
	Different
	PAKISTAN: Focus on rat-children
	A Code For Pirates

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