Friday, March 1, 2013

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:
AUDIOindicates 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


Down's Syndrome dance group Dance For Joy to appear on Sky One’s Got to Dance competition

BLOG On the making of things –
EVENT
Colasanti Craft Fair
BLOG
Keep Calm T-Shirts
BLOGCelebrities Who Apologize For Using The Word Retard: Does It Do Any Good?
VIDEO


BLOG
On rooting for nobody in the Superbowl
BLOG
BLOG
BLOG

Sharing a Prenatal or Newborn Diagnosis
BLOG
VIDEO
BLOG
BLOG
A Bare Naked Update: Downs Side Up Uncovered


World Down Syndrome Day
VIDEO

How To Change The World
VIDEO
When Bill met Shelley: No disability could keep them apart
BLOG
VIDEO
VIDEO
STUDY
STUDY
VIDEO

BLOG
A Very special story (for feeding tube awareness week)
BLOG


A Game-Changing Treatment for ADHD
A Game Changing Treatment for ADHD
A Game-Changing Treatment for ADHD
VIDEO
BLOG

10 Tips for dressing a sensory sensitive child
BLOG
BLOG

VIDEO
BLOG




BLOG



LINKS

BLOG

VIDEO


BLOG

BLOG


BLOG


BLOG
BLOG
BLOG

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! 

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