Wednesday, April 9, 2014

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:
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 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



The ‘Boys’ in the Bunkhouse

VIDEO

POST
BLOG
A Fair Shot

BLOG
World Down Syndrome Day
BLOG

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
BLOG
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
IMAGE
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!

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