The Cradle Will Fall
Sergey Chernov Transitions Online, 4 November 2014
In Russia, parents of babies with developmental disabilities face pressure from both society and the medical establishment to abandon their children at birth.
DREAMS to Reality
D.R.E.A.M. Partnership, 27th August 2014
The Hunterdon County Democrat, 29th October 2014
Michelle Purri of Clinton Township is on a roll. Earlier this month the 22-year-old resident of Hunterdon County received the Melissa Riggio Voices Award from the National Down Syndrome Society and the Riggio family, founders of Barnes & Noble. The award is given annually to someone with Down syndrome who the family deems best exemplifies the spirit and outlook on life of Melissa Riggio, who died in 2008.
Purri accepted the award at a luncheon in New York City where she spoke before 250 attendees, telling them, "If you dream it and believe in yourself, all things are possible." ...Michelle Purri of Clinton Township is on a roll. Earlier this month the 22-year-old resident of Hunterdon County received the Melissa Riggio Voices Award from the National Down Syndrome Society and the Riggio family, founders of Barnes & Noble. The award is given annually to someone with Down syndrome who the family deems best exemplifies the spirit and outlook on life of Melissa Riggio, who died in 2008.
BRIGHT SIDE: Megan Sutton opens up world of dance for kids with special needs
Simon Walker, Newcastle Herald, 3rd November 2014
Simon Walker, Newcastle Herald, 3rd November 2014
Fired by personal loss and the desire to give everyone a fair go, dance teacher and choreographer Megan Sutton has set up a dance school devoted entirely to kids with special needs ...
The beautiful dancers with Down syndrome
The beautiful dancers with Down syndrome
Australian Women's Weekly, November 2014
Short excerpt from a much longer article in the print and iPad editions.
British Pychological Society, 31st October 2014
... Dr Carr’s unique study has been generating findings of importance to the families and care services as well as to the scientific community. There is unlikely to be any comparable study of this special group of people from a psychological perspective. Her research was initiated by the Psychiatric Genetics Research Unit of the Medical Research Council, based in the early 1960s, at the London Institute of Psychiatry. It’s aim was to establish the educational requirements of the local population of children with Down’s syndrome ...
I Won't Pretend That Disability Simulation Works
... Dr Carr’s unique study has been generating findings of importance to the families and care services as well as to the scientific community. There is unlikely to be any comparable study of this special group of people from a psychological perspective. Her research was initiated by the Psychiatric Genetics Research Unit of the Medical Research Council, based in the early 1960s, at the London Institute of Psychiatry. It’s aim was to establish the educational requirements of the local population of children with Down’s syndrome ...
I Won't Pretend That Disability Simulation Works
Emily Ladau, Huffington Post (The Blog), 5th November 2014
Activities meant to simulate the experience of disability are so often lauded as moving, powerful, eye-opening experiences. With just a few hours in a wheelchair, wearing earplugs, or wearing a blindfold, people supposedly gain a deeper understanding of what life with a disability truly entails. I, for one, don't buy it ...
Parents with learning difficulties awarded £12,000 as judge rules Leicester City Council breached their ‘basic human rights’ by taking their baby away
PA_Warzynski, Leicester Mercury, 29th October 2014
A couple with learning difficulties who were separated from their baby daughter for more than a year have won £12,000 in compensation after a judge ruled Leicester City Council had violated their basic human rights ...
Team Inverell - Scrapheap Adventure Ride 2014
Activities meant to simulate the experience of disability are so often lauded as moving, powerful, eye-opening experiences. With just a few hours in a wheelchair, wearing earplugs, or wearing a blindfold, people supposedly gain a deeper understanding of what life with a disability truly entails. I, for one, don't buy it ...
Parents with learning difficulties awarded £12,000 as judge rules Leicester City Council breached their ‘basic human rights’ by taking their baby away
PA_Warzynski, Leicester Mercury, 29th October 2014
A couple with learning difficulties who were separated from their baby daughter for more than a year have won £12,000 in compensation after a judge ruled Leicester City Council had violated their basic human rights ...
Team Inverell - Scrapheap Adventure Ride 2014
Team Inverell's float in a local parade celebrated their enthusiastic and
highly successful participation in this year's Scrapheap Adventure Ride,
in September. They are already preparing for next year's adventure.
Thank you for allowing us to share your Facebook photos, and thank you Inverell.
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