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Growing up with a disability: April 2009
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Growing up with a disability. These are my reflections on my interview project. I am recording the stories of people living with disabilities. Personal, real stories - be they humorous, sad, angry, fun, or . whatever! Thursday, April 30, 2009. We all do it. We all do it. We don’t mean to, but we do. The audience and judges sneered when contestant Susan Boyle. Walked on stage on. Hmmm…so, it’s OK to laugh at someone who looks different and who doesn’t. I doubt it; he knows in his heart one doesn’t p...
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Growing up with a disability: Mistaken Identity
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Growing up with a disability. These are my reflections on my interview project. I am recording the stories of people living with disabilities. Personal, real stories - be they humorous, sad, angry, fun, or . whatever! Wednesday, April 30, 2008. 8220;I’m not who you think I am; you’ve got me mixed up with someone else.”. Humbly backing away, the bewildered individual is embarrassed and apologetic, “How silly of me! I’m so sorry.”. How could this happen, you wonder? Why these repeated bizarre mix-ups?
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Growing up with a disability: My Costa Rica experience: A slideshow and reflections
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Growing up with a disability. These are my reflections on my interview project. I am recording the stories of people living with disabilities. Personal, real stories - be they humorous, sad, angry, fun, or . whatever! Friday, July 20, 2007. My Costa Rica experience: A slideshow and reflections. Free MySpace slideshows, photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com. Telling me that those of us with disabilities spend a lot of energy making other people feel comfortable with us.). I think Ryan's observat...
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Growing up with a disability: "Difference is an Artist's Game"
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Growing up with a disability. These are my reflections on my interview project. I am recording the stories of people living with disabilities. Personal, real stories - be they humorous, sad, angry, fun, or . whatever! Friday, August 29, 2008. Difference is an Artist's Game". A beautiful video created by Clara Sigmon, a 13 yr old, about her brother David, who has Down syndrome. I found this video via Michelle. Who says, "it is very powerful and well-written/spoken." I agree! View my complete profile.
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Growing up with a disability: Telethons and Pity (Repost)
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Growing up with a disability. These are my reflections on my interview project. I am recording the stories of people living with disabilities. Personal, real stories - be they humorous, sad, angry, fun, or . whatever! Sunday, August 31, 2008. Telethons and Pity (Repost). This is a reposting of last Labor Day Weekend's post on pity. the post is just as applicable this year, as is the blogswarm. 1 Pity fosters negativity. 2 Pity promotes the view of charity. The view of inclusion. 5 Pity lowers an individu...
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Growing up with a disability: September 2008
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Growing up with a disability. These are my reflections on my interview project. I am recording the stories of people living with disabilities. Personal, real stories - be they humorous, sad, angry, fun, or . whatever! Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Our homes, not nursing homes". Press release from ADAPT. ADAPT Challenges HUD, Dems, McCain on Disability/Housing Economic Crisis. In its platform, ADAPT is asking for:. 183; Twice as much funding for the construction of new housing stock that is affordable, acc...
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Jim Carrey, you are part of the problem for us in the Autism Community | Left Brain Right Brain
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Autism Science, News and Opinions since 2003. Left Brain Right Brain. Jim Carrey, you are part of the problem for us in the Autism Community. Years back Jim Carrey was and autism were mentioned together regularly in the news. This was at the height of the vaccine misinformation campaign of his then partner, Jenny McCarthy. Mr. Carrey went so far as to be a speaker at the “ Green Our Vaccines. Mr Carrey took to twitter with his complaints about the new law. All well and good, free speech and all. ...8221;...
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Jenny McCarthy | Left Brain Right Brain
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Autism Science, News and Opinions since 2003. Left Brain Right Brain. RSS feed for this section. Jim Carrey, you are part of the problem for us in the Autism Community. Years back Jim Carrey was and autism were mentioned together regularly in the news. This was at the height of the vaccine misinformation campaign of his then partner, Jenny McCarthy. Mr. Carrey went so far as to be a speaker at the “ Green Our Vaccines. Mr Carrey took to twitter with his complaints about the new law. All well and good...
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A Shade Of Grey: May 2008
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A Shade Of Grey. Dad to the Bear. Just another parent of an autistic child, trying to gain some insight and understanding. Thursday, May 01, 2008. Feeling A Little Optimistic. From my last post, one might conclude that I’m feeling a bit pessimistic these days. Instead, I’m actually feeling a little optimistic. The reason is related to the Bear’s education. Just to get the point out of the way, if anyone has an issue with IBI, my thoughts on the Bear’s program are here. Does the school have a program?
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A Shade Of Grey: Encouraging Tolerance and Acceptance in Public Schools
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A Shade Of Grey. Dad to the Bear. Just another parent of an autistic child, trying to gain some insight and understanding. Friday, September 14, 2007. Encouraging Tolerance and Acceptance in Public Schools. No, this is not the ‘Acceptance’ post that I keep saying I’m going to write. But I have started it…). One of the comments. To which I responded. What amazed me in the back and forth that followed was that there should even be any debate about this. (What didn’t surprise me was the typical pr...Teachin...
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