In the News - March 2014

A collection of news articles, blogs, stories and information about Down syndrome, disability and special needs, from Down Wit Dat's Facebook page.  These are from March 2014.

Legend:

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
IMAGE	indicates a graphic, image or comic
LAWS	indicates a new piece of legislation
LINKS	indicates links or resource materials
PHOTOS	indicates photos
POLL	indicates an online survey
POST	indicates an advocacy statement made through social media
PRESS	indicates a press release
QUOTE	indicates a meaningful quote
STUDY	indicates a study or discovery
THREAD	indicates an online discussion thread
VIDEO	indicates a video or movie clip
VLOG	**NEW** indicates a video blog post

EVENT	Day of Mourning 2014: Remembering People with Disabilities Murdered by Caregivers - Virtual Vigil
	What Really Happens When You Use the R-Word
	Named: the baby boy who was Nazis' first euthanasia victim
	The ‘Boys’ in the Bunkhouse
	People With Intellectual Disabilities Get a Say in Drug Trials
VIDEO	Pro Infirmis Gianni Blumer 68 En
	Disabled in care ‘denied human rights,’ Supreme Court rules
POST	"I'm confused as to why organizations that seek to raise awareness about the imperative contributions that people with Down syndrome have to make to..."
BLOG	A Fair Shot
	World Down Syndrome Day
BLOG	World Down Syndrome Day
BLOG	World Down Syndrome Day
	Police Brutality and Deaf People
BLOG	Why I Didn't Wear The Socks
BLOG	Surviving the "Sounding The Alarm" of Blue Fear - I Won't Be Lighting Anything Blue April 2nd
BLOG	An Open Letter to Parents of Kids with Special Needs
BLOG	A few thoughts on the DS-Connect registry.
BLOG	Awareness to Acceptance:  It's a Process
IMAGE	"If you refer to someone as Autistic...it is automatically accepted as being part of who they are, rather than treated as something which can be separated. Autism isn't..."
	Teresa's passport to a new life with Down syndrome
BLOG	Unnecessary Dominance
	This breathtakingly gorgeous eyeshadow is called "NEURODIVERGENT"
POST	Disability rights activists occupy parking spaces in Lisbon to protest the ways in which able-bodied people make use of accessible parking spaces.
IMAGE	"Autism Speaks is the only major medical or mental health non-profit whose..."
IMAGE	Neurodiversity

March also saw another edition of the T-21 Blog Hop...

Thanks to all who participated.

The T-21 Blog Hop will take place every month on the 21st, for three days and will continue to feature advocacy posts from across the disability community.


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