Thursday, November 7, 2013

In the News - October 2013

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

Legend:
AUDIOindicates 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



VIDEO
15 Year Old Becomes The Youngest Astrophysicist in the World
BLOG
Don’t Mix Up Empathy and Civil Rights
PHOTOS

TBINAA Leadership Circle NEEDS YOU!Fall/ Winter 2013/14 Positions. APPLY TODAY!
Class-action settlement amounts to ‘hush money,’ says family of Huronia survivor
Too many people with disabilities live in poverty
BLOG
Guest Contribution from Alana: emotions are hard
BLOG
When we Slip and Slide - A Lament

BLOG
The Problem with “Use Your Words”
BLOG
“Look At Me”
BLOG
Look
BLOG
Who We Are

Actors With Disabilities In Big Roles? 'We Don't Have A Chance'

Huronia institution documents to be shielded by privacy laws

Identities of unnamed dead at Huronia Regional Centre emerge
BLOG
The Space Between
BLOG
BLOG
Feeling the Weight: Some Beginning Notes on Disability, Access and Love


BLOG
Why Curing Disability Should Not Outweigh Equality

We're not here for your inspiration
BLOG
Drawing as Non-Compliance
BLOG
Where Do You See Yourself…
BLOG
Epilepsy: Vulnerability Stays
BLOG
Internalizing What Others Believe

'Breaking Bad's' R.J. Mitte talks disability, bullying and hope

VIDEO
Police: school principal dragged child with Down Syndrome across concrete floor
BLOG
Ollibean Creed
BLOG
The Blurring of Diagnoses
EVENT
BLOG
That Mythical, Magical Chromosome
BLOG
Beyond Down Syndrome
BLOG
Awareness, Acceptance, Advocacy, Action

Exposing quotes that reinforce Down’s syndrome myths: The Truth
VIDEO
BLOG
I Will Not Model Compliance For My Child

Voice surgery sparks ethical debate
BLOG
Why I'm Outraged
BLOG
Feminist disability studies scholar attends the NSGC
BLOG
You Don’t Have to Make Retard Jokes to be Funny! (Why doesn’t everybody know this?)
BLOG
Feminism and Disability Collide
BLOG
Why the Dissies?
BLOG
Disability History Gets Forgotten Each Halloween
BLOG
Passing and Disability: Why Coming Out as Disabled Can Be So Difficult

Coming Out As...Disabled
VIDEO
That’s Not My Name – an anti hate crime anthem
BLOG
You are Not Alone
BLOG
Coming of Age in the Shadow of "Rain Man"
BLOG
Keeping it Real
BLOG
Having to Prove Competence
BLOG
Blogging
AUDIO
New Laws Give More Choice to the Developmentally Disabled
BLOG
Sincere Support

BLOG
Did You Know Cripples Can Do Things?: Inspiration Porn and the Ableist Commodification of Disabled Bodies

How the iPad can turn teaching special ed ‘on its head’
POLL
Disability and Abuse Project
BLOG
About DWD
BLOG
For New Parents...
BLOG
T-21 Blog Hop
BLOG
Cracked Article is Unusual Type of Inspiration Porn
BLOG
The Trouble with Treating “Behaviors”

Canadians with Intellectual Disabilities Ready, Willing & Able to Create an Inclusive and Effective Labour Market


I was diagnosed with autism at 40
BLOG
Shunning, Shaming, Renaming
BLOG
What Fuels the Helicopter?
BLOG
It's the Night of the Living Stim #LvngStm #FF
BLOG
Announcing the Turn: a blog for parents of kids with disabilities
BLOG
Cartographies
VIDEO
BLOG
Not the Lie Most Expect
VIDEO
VIDEO
VIDEO
Bainbridge school district loses bullying lawsuit
EVENT
Welcome (Back) to the T-21 Blog Hop!
BLOG
T21 Blog Hop:  Disability Acceptance
BLOG
Making a difference… and in good company
BLOG
Top Tips for Parents of a Child with a Learning Disability
BLOG
Guest Post: The Sum of One
BLOG
Humanity
BLOG
31 4 21 A Sonnet
BLOG
Hang on, I’m different
BLOG
BLOG
Down Syndrome Acceptance
BLOG
Myth: All Autistics are Emotionless
BLOG
AUTISM ACCEPTANCE…(But don’t tell anyone).
BLOG
Unacceptable
BLOG
I Am a Human Being
BLOG
Falling Inbetween
BLOG
Freedom
BLOG
Awareness and Advocating to the Reasonable
BLOG
BLOG
If You’ve Met One Parent With Asperger’s…
BLOG
Autistic Warriors
BLOG
Bridging The Gap Between Autism Parents and Autistic People
BLOG
The Joy of Being Wrong
BLOG
I am so OK with being wrong…
LINKS
Intersected

BLOG
The Next Right Thing
BLOG
We Disabled Folk Have Everything to Offer the World — Except Normalcy
BLOG
Loving My Challenging Life with Down syndrome
BLOG
The Myth of Passing
BLOG
My Sisters. My Allies.
BLOG
November is Autistic History Month
BLOG
To Educators, Therapists & Doctors
APPEAL
Ratify the Disability Treaty
VIDEO
Something Sickening Is Happening To Some Of Our Schoolchildren, And You Probably Have No Idea

People with a disability deserve the same rights as everyone
VIDEO

BLOG
November: Autistic History Month
BLOG
Advocacy
BLOG
How We Discuss Our Children
BLOG
Virtuous Strength
BLOG
A unique stink
BLOG
A Brief History of Down Syndrome, Part 1: How Down syndrome Got its Name
BLOG
A Brief History of Down Syndrome, Part 2: Before John Langdon Down
BLOG
A Brief History of Down Syndrome, Part 3: All In the Family
BLOG
Autistic Hands
BLOG
A Brief History of Down syndrome, Part 4: The Roots of Institutionalization and Eugenics
BLOG
A Brief History of Down syndrome, Part 5: From Education to Eugenics
BLOG
A Brief History of Down syndrome, Part 6: From Eugenics to Extermination
BLOG
A Brief History of Down syndrome - Part 7: Abused, Neglected, Forgotten
BLOG
Outing The Prejudice: Making The Least Dangerous Assumption

The 5 Scariest Autism 'Treatments'
VIDEO
BLOG
We Are Not Your Token Humans

Is boasting about less SEN pupils appropriate for a job advert?
BLOG
Autism is Not Like Cancer

Stevenage Down’s syndrome pupil left behind on school trip
VIDEO

October was Down syndrome Awareness Acceptance month...






25 Bloggers participated and made it the best one yet.  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.

We look forward to November's entries for Autistic History Month.

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

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