Saturday, December 7, 2013

In the News - November 2013

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

November was a particularly busy month as it was the very first Autistic History Month, included Autistics Speaking Day, and was also Epilepsy Awareness Month.  November saw two very successful anti-slur advocacy campaigns that united advocates across the globe.  Included in the links below are also many posts and a flash blog speaking out against Autism Speaks. 

This month, in order to capture as much of the information as possible, I've included an "IMAGE" category to showcase infographics and the like, as well as a "POST" tag to highlight some advocacy work that is often overlooked as it exists solely in a social media format.



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
IMAGE **NEW** indicates a graphic or image
LAWS indicates a new piece of legislation
LINKS indicates links or resource materials
PHOTOS indicates photos
POLL indicates an online survey
POST **NEW** indicates an advocacy statement made through social media
STUDY indicates a study or discovery
THREAD indicates an online discussion thread
VIDEO indicates a video or movie


BLOG
Autistic as a Reclaimed Word
BLOG
I am at peace (with killing my socially constructed self) (Pt. 1)
BLOG
I am at peace (with killing my socially constructed self) (Pt. 2)
BLOG
I am at peace (with killing my socially constructed self) (Pt. 3)
BLOG
Supporting United States Ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Why Every Voice Counts!
BLOG
Autistics Speaking Day - My Fingers Speak

Disabled blogger really doesn’t want to be in your ‘prayer sandwich’
BLOG
Signal Boost: #AutisticsSpeakingDay
No You Don't: Essays from an Unstrange Mind
IMAGE
"Autism doesn't speak..."
BLOG
An Autistic Social Issue: Dismissal and Disrespect
POST
"Disability is Normal..."
BLOG
Aspergers and Depression: the masking effect
POST"ACTION ALERT..."
BLOG
Autistics Speaking Day 2013
VIDEO
NJ Self-Advocates speak out about the R-word
BLOG
Down Syndrome Awareness Month: Stereotypes
BLOG
So, what is the problem with Autism Speaks?
BLOG
Impact
LINKS
Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
BLOG
The Colour of Flowers
IMAGE
Inclusion Flowchart
BLOG
Myth: All Autistics are Happy Being Loners
POST
"When our children are having a difficult time..."
IMAGE
Throw away the developmental charts...
BLOG
My Anxiety is Not Disordered
EVENT
Free Movie Screening - Colegas ("Buddies")
BLOG
The Way We Treat Others
BLOG
Are you a lazy, ignorant carer Katie Price?
BLOG
Here, try on some of my shoes.
BLOG
There's That Word Again...

Disability Studies: A New Normal
IMAGE
Kat Von D.'s Twitter response to naming her lipstick "Celebutard"
BLOG
Advocating in Your Community
PHOTOS
Far Out on a Limb
BLOG
Being Retarded
BLOG
End the Word
BLOG
Retarded
BLOG
Modern Day Monstrosity
POST
"Sephora launches..."
IMAGE
Aiden and Colin
BLOG
Autistic History Month 2013: ACCEPTANCE
BLOG
An…apology?
BLOG
More On ABA
APPEAL
Sephora: Sephora sells a Kat Von D lipstick 'celebutard', combining 'celebrity' and 'r#tard'. The 'r word' degrades people with intellectual disabilities. Sephora must: Apologize. Withdraw the product.
BLOG
Please Join With Us
POST
"Best fucking tweet yet..."
POST
"We are waiting..."
POST
"Sephora has just contacted us..."

Sephora, "Celebutard" Lipstick? Are You High On Tattoo Ink?
BLOG
It's All About Etymology
STUDY
Participate in our research
BLOG
Epileptic Acceptance Month: Inside a Seizure
POST
"From Change.org via David Hindsberger..."
POST
"Sephora's Kat Von D lipstick shade..."

The Truth About the Disabilities Treaty: Myth Busters
BLOG
Sorry - Gotta Catch Em All
BLOG
The Saint and The Curmudgeon

Makeup Company Sephora recalls 'Celebutard' lipstick

Judge: "City Does Not Have an Adequate Plan" for Evacuating Vulnerable During Disasters

NDSS Statement on Sephora ‘Celebutard' Lipstick by Chris Burke, NDSS Goodwill Ambassador

Cabbie refuses wheelchair-bound man

'Celebutard' Lipstick Pulled From Sephora After Backlash Over Name
VIDEO
Tammy Duckworth, Iraq War Veteran, Urges Congress To Ratify Disabilities Treaty
POST
"Minority slur is NOT a "fun and silly way to market a product."..."
IMAGE
Paul would like to thank everyone...

Faces to order: how 3D-printing is revolutionising prosthetics
VIDEO
Voice surgery sparks ethical debate

Last Immigration appointment was two days before they were found dead in London
VIDEO
Young Stroke Survivors with Aphasia - Laura
BLOG
Taking Control:  when a small child finds a big voice

Giving My Uninformed Consent to Die
BLOG
Autism and Thoughts on Written Output: Infinity Blade II… A review by H
BLOG
Our kids in the media

What Nondisabled People Think When They See Us
BLOG
Cuthbert Reporting In: Remembrance Day
BLOG
A Deer Hunter is Dead: Humanity and Life Needlessly Ended
BLOG
Lest We Forget
BLOG
Epileptic Acceptance Month: Frozen Doll
VIDEO
Outsider Artist Judith Scott
BLOG
The Price We Pay for Autism Speaks
EVENT
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
BLOG
Autism Speaks Kidnaps "Policy Summit"
BLOG
Autistic People Are Not Going to Take This Lying Down (Updated)
BLOG
An Unholy Alliance: Autism Speaks and the Judge Rotenberg Center
BLOG
At the Store: What do you think?
EVENT
Protesting Autism Speaks "Policy Summit" at George Washington University
BLOG
What’s Wrong With Autism Speaks?
EVENT
T-21 Blog Hop
BLOG
Prejudice
EVENT
Canadian Blog Awards
POST
"Trigger warning..."
IMAGE
"I am a working adult..."
BLOG
Why are so many people mad at Autism Speaks right now?
BLOG
The Cost of People
BLOG
no more – a letter to suzanne wright

ASAN-AAC Statement on Autism Speaks’ DC “Policy Summit”

The Blame Game! Are School Problems the Kids' Fault?
POST
"In light of this week's piece..."
BLOG
Why I’m Proud of my Community (including our allies!)
POST
"Segregated and Exploited: The Failure of the Disability Service System..."
IMAGE
Autism $peaks Budget...
BLOG
Right On!
VIDEO
Trailer for "A Whole Lott More" with captions
POST
"Many people who touch on representations of and discourse on disability..."
BLOG
Check All That Apply
AUDIO
Voices at the Tables
BLOG
Cups of Coffee

Hiding behind niceness
POST
"Language matters in relation to disability..."

We Should Be Natural Allies: The LGBTQ And Disability Communities
BLOG
"This is Autism" Flashblog
VIDEO
IMAGE
"Passengers rally behind Blind man and his dog..."
POST
"In the 1980's, "The Max Planck Society admitted that its collection..."
POST
"Queerability Official Response To Autism Speaks..."

An Open Letter to Suzanne Wright, Co-Founder, Autism Speaks
POST
I am Openly Autistic! I am NOT ashamed to be Autistic!
BLOG
Art, (dis)ability, seeing in pictures and speaking with the body
BLOG
Fear, Hate, and Exclusion: It’s time to silence Autism Speaks!
IMAGE
"I have only found one thing that I think..."

POST
"Given that The Arc of the United States and The Autism Society of America..."
BLOG
An Unexpected Humiliation at a Conference on the Humanities, Disability and Health Care
IMAGE
"This is Autism..."
BLOG
I am H: This is Autism
BLOG
the epidemic is not autism it is ignorance
BLOG
This is Autism Flashblog on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013
BLOG
Autism is
BLOG
This is Autism (Written by Emma)
BLOG
"Clayton Cross, the director of the chain carrying the "retarde" shirts..."

POST
"People with intellectual or developmental disabilities shouldn't have..."
BLOG
Raising Rebel Souls: This is Autism
BLOG
‘This is Autism’ Flashblog: What Autism Is (to Me)
BLOG
This is My Autism
BLOG
This is autism (for us)
BLOG
Autism is a brain that is just different
BLOG
Non-speaking Autistic Activist Responds to Suzanne Wright of Autism Speaks
BLOG
A View of Autism Speaks From Afar.

Tell Sevenly that Autism Speaks Doesn’t Speak for Autistics!
BLOG
Did You Really Just Say That?
BLOG
This is Autism
BLOG
Disabled adults get inadequate health care, study finds
BLOG
This Is Autism
BLOG
Severely disabled, but ineligible for mobility benefits
BLOG
It's Never "Just A..."

BLOG
No Access
BLOG
I ALREADY AM A HUMAN BEING
BLOG
I was bullied because I was disabled
EVENT
The Church of 80% Sincerity
VIDEO

Lawmakers Move To Strike ‘Mental Retardation’ Language From Phila. Laws
BLOG
How Do You Define Activism?

De-Mystifying Stimming
BLOG
When an Advocate Fights Advocacy: Mel Leckie's Personal Protest of a Protest
BLOG
Emma’s Letter
VIDEO
VIDEO
EVENT
The T-21 Blog Hop - November 2013
BLOG
Autistic History Month 2013: The History Post That Never Was
IMAGE
#justiceforethan
BLOG
BLOG
Don't Call Me Inspirational
BLOG
"Privilege" doesn’t mean "easy"
BLOG
Selected To Silence
BLOG
Me? Stim?! Pah!
BLOG
Believe and live

BLOG
A Brief History of Down syndrome - Part 7: Abused, Neglected, Forgotten
BLOG
Why I Don’t “Diagnose” Historical Figures
BLOG
Normalcy Speaks: a bizarro post
POST
"A 34-year-old Gallupville man has been arrested..."

Stimming: What autistic people do to feel calmer
BLOG
Autism

VIDEO
Restraints and seclusion in BC schools
BLOG
RESPECTE
BLOG
An #Aspergers Child on Being Different
BLOG
Meet Me At the Intersection
BLOG
POST
"This is Hadamar.  It was once a hospital..."

Common Questions about RDSP
POST
"On economic justice and Disability Studies:..."
IMAGE
CRPD and Optional Protocol Signatures and Ratifications


BLOG
Wise Words When One Enters the World of Disability
POST
"On Cognitive Disability, Eugenics, and the Object Metaphor:..."
BLOG
Being My Friend Does Not Make You A Hero

Misguided gestures of a condescending kindness

Should 'Isolation Rooms' be banned in Canadian schools?
BLOG
“People Do Not Believe Me”
BLOG
False Positive
BLOG
Self advocates with Down syndrome tell of their life experiences
POST
"Did you know that Square One Shopping Centre in Mississauga..."

Murder of Disabled Children Provided Anatomy Lessons for Nazis
BLOG
Prosopagnosia and Asperger’s in the Family
POST
"OKC school fined for threatening expulsion of child with Down syndrome..."


Disabled woman denied entry to U.S. after agent cites supposedly private medical details
BLOG
What is Accessibility: A Quiz

‘Disabled’ in Britain, just ‘foreign’ in Japan
VIDEO
Disabled baby denied heart transplant

Please don't take my baby: Agony of mother whose baby girl was put up for adoption after secret court judge forced her to have a caesarean

November also saw another edition of the T-21 Blog Hop...
We had 17 bloggers participate this time, with some new faces amongst the more familiar ones.  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 December's entries!

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

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