Monday, July 1, 2013

In the News - June 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 awareness.  Every day advocacy was a theme this month, as were reflections on motherhood.


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 or discovery
THREAD indicates an online discussion thread
VIDEO indicates a video or movie


VIDEORestraint and Seclusion: Hear Our Stories
VIDEO#justiceforethan
BLOGMy Not-So-Great Story: A Personal Experience with the NDSS & The Buddy Walk. Guest Post by Stacey Calcano
APPEAL
BLOGProof that Tolerance is Usually Just a Matter of Education...
BLOG
In the News - May 2013
VIDEOThe Autism Project: Mothers with ASD ask why scientists are missing girls


When the perfect baby you adore suddenly becomes a stranger: One mother describes how she fell into a black hole when her son was diagnosed with Down's Syndrome
BLOG
Communication and Support Through Hard Things
BLOG
Respect
BLOG
Multiple Choice Test –
EVENTPeel students with disabilities participate in inclusive track and field event
BLOG
Just your average moms next door
Exclusive screening of Finnish music and disability documentary for Cork
BLOG
BLOG
Without Love
BLOG
A Dog By Any Other Name
BLOG
“Time to Listen”: Autism and the simplicity of relationships
APPEAL
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
Call to Action:  Contact Governor O'Malley of Maryland to Demand an Independent Investigation into the Death of Ethan Saylor
PHOTOS100 Words: The Life Of A Sibling With Disability
VIDEO
Dying girl intubated as she awaits lung transplant
BLOG
What is this "Normal" of Which You Speak?
BLOG
We Are in This Together
BLOG
VIDEO
BLOGLike a Person
Like A Person
BLOG
Non-Speaking People Who Type
BLOG
a letter to my son
BLOGPotential, Disability, and Human Worth

Real Hope for Syria
APPEAL
Call to Action: Va. Lt. Governor Candidate E. W. Jackson
BLOG
The Simple Humanness of Jude

APPEAL
Call To Action: Frederick County Sheriff Department Accreditation Committee
BLOG
Don't be a Dick*
VIDEOBirch School Investigation

“A Doorway to a New Life”: A Conversation with George Estreich About Down Syndrome, Writing, and the Stories that Make a Family
BLOG
The Murder of Alex Spourdalakis
BLOG
Autism, language, and othering
BLOG
Hug your child tonight
BLOG
Holding Onto Light
VIDEOU. research giving hope of better treatment for patients with Down syndrome
No, It’s Not Okay for Bill Maher to Make Fun of Special Needs Children, Even If They’re a Palin

Raising a Child with Special Needs: What About Your Needs?

Do Medical Textbooks Intentionally Offer Outdated Descriptions of Down Syndrome? and Other Questions for George Estreich
We need answers in my brother’s death
BLOG
The (prom) politics of pity
BLOG
Dear expectant parent with a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis
The photo that broke a mother’s heart
EVENTSeedlings for Justice
BLOG
By George
BLOG


Don't label people with Down syndrome
BLOG
The Discourse of Police Brutality - 14-year-old attacked for a "dehumanizing stare."

Learning disability charity: abuse went unreported for too long
BLOGIt’s Not Your Fault

BLOG
His Name was Alex Spourdalakis

Frederick County’s silence cannot be the last word on two deaths
VIDEOPutting the ‘R’ Word To Rest
BLOG
Junior High Tactics
APPEALPut a stop to institutions such as Winterbourne

Taylor woman charged with starving son to death
BLOGI’m Removing My Prenatal Testing Halo.
BLOG
I’m Just a Mom – Not a “Special Needs Mom.”

BLOG
Slippery Slope
BLOG
Where Have You Been, Barbara Walters?
VIDEOSome workers at Goodwill paid as little as 22 cents an hour
Inclusive Schooling: Are We There Yet?
BLOG
Muddying the Water: Alleviating Pain ≠ “Recovery”
BLOG
Community and Identity
BLOG
Bigotry and #Autism Advocacy- The (undefined) line we all think we avoid crossing
BLOG
Stop
BLOGLove Simply, Just Because
VIDEOCarly Fleischmann: Video about autistic Toronto teen wins international acclaim
BLOG
Sweet Spots
BLOG
Consent is King

APPEALHave You Contacted the Governor of Maryland?

BLOGTired of Labels

Building Networks for a ‘Good Life,’ Even After the Caregiver Is Gone
BLOG
A Cognitive Crip Strikes Back: A Big Picture of the Disability Problem
BLOG
Raising Ghosts
BLOG
We Are Like Your Child
BLOG
Disability and Society’s Role

The “R-word” has been banished…new criteria for intellectual disability
BLOG
Driven to Distraction

This month:

June seems to have been even busier than May.  Slowly, I've been filling our home on Tumblr:

I've been able to welcome new friends on our Facebook page, Group and Twitter as well:

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


Happy Canada Day to all, both at home and away.

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