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Friday 26 June 2015

Weekend reading and viewing: 27th - 28th June 2015


Andrea Smith, The Independent (Ireland), 22nd June 2015
This Father's Day, David Clarke pays tribute to his dad Pat, CEO of Down Syndrome Ireland, even though he supports Chelsea ...

My Dear Dad
Jerome Lejeune Foundation, 15th June 2015
As a special tribute to fathers and their children living with Down syndrome, the Jerome Lejeune Foundation will launch a video this week in honor of Father’s Day on June 21st called “My Dear Dad:" A heartwarming glance into moments shared by a father and his very special son ...

Therapy for Children with Disabilities
Jisun Lee, Kimchi Latkes, 22nd June 2015
Imagine that someone—let’s call her F. Poe Tenshal—tells you that your baby needs to run faster when he grows up. Ms. Tenshal says that in the world, people need to run at a certain speed in order to do things. Important things. Ms. Tenshal enrolls you and your baby in a program. This program, she says, will allow your baby to reach his fullest, fastest potential. His true self. His best self ...


Mardra Sikora, Lessons More Special than the Needs, 21st June 2015
Marcus has been pretty stoked for this birthday. 25 has been his “number” all year. I’ve never known anyone more excited to be 25. As you may remember, it was pretty much the day after his 24th birthday that he decided to celebrate 25 in Vegas ...

Attitudes - Grading People
Amy Sequenzia, OllieBean, 14th September 2014
Parents and family of disabled people should start demanding that everyone who is part of their children lives stops using functioning labels. We don’t need to be graded. We already have value ...

God bless the child
Jennifer Lawler, Purple Clover, 26th September 26, 2013
My daughter and I couldn't be any more different and that makes me love her even more ...

Poverty and social disadvantage – move over folks, you've had your go
Mark Bagshaw, Pulse (Linked In) 23rd June 2015
On last night's controversial Q and A program on the ABC I had the opportunity to ask the panel a question about poverty and social disadvantage ... As I listened to the responses from the panel to my question, I was left with a profound sense that I was on the set of a B grade remake of Groundhog Day ...

People With Disability Australia E-bulletin June 2015

Canadian Down Syndrome Society campaign 2015

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