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Paul Henry Uses The Finance Company Defense

Blog Bludger wrote 1 day ago: So Paul Henry decided it was time to take aim at Susan Boyle. He decided the best basis for ridicule … more →

Tags: media, New Zealand, Paul Henry, TVNZ, IHC, Celebrity, prejudice

Pauline and Paulette

rinalondon wrote 2 weeks ago: November 16th 2009 Pauline and Paulette The film shown at the Lexi at the October U3A film group mee … more →

Tags: Caring, death, Siblings

Class shows that disabled doesn’t mean deficient, just different.

hanoverarc wrote 2 weeks ago: R-MC Students build relationships with people with intellectual disability and learn about analyzing … more →

Tags: RMC, RM-C, Randolph-Macon, Ashland, Virginia, Hanover County, hanover, Town of Ashland, Hanover ARC

Do Down's Syndrome Individuals Exhibit the Same Variability in Trait Behavior as Those Who are Developmentally Typical?6 comments

piercehoward wrote 1 month ago:           About ten years ago, I received an email from a colleague in England. She worked with Down … more →

Tags: Allegro Foundation, Big Five, CentACS, Center for Applied Cognitive Studies, david gilmore, Developmentally Typical Individuals, Down Syndrome, Five Factor Model, Lauren Thomas

Secrets and Inhuman Characters: A Short Review

KrisSquared wrote 2 months ago: This is a review and analysis of a short story.  Be advised that it contains spoilers. Child’s … more →

Tags: Book Review, Alice Munro, secrets, confession, Summer Camp, murder, drowning, What's at Stake?, Endings

Let's Pray For Maia Campbell

thethingsilikeaboutme265 wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday the internet was buzzing with a youtube and blog stories about Maia Campbell, the daughter … more →

Tags: News, Bebe Moore Campbell, Maia Campbell, schizophrenia

Did Sarah Palin "make up" the part about death panels?

michellespagefornonni wrote 3 months ago: I just read the blog about  “Dean” saying Sarah Palin “made up” the fear of … more →

Tags: Politics, health, america, Sarah Palin, death panels, Healthcare Reform

ugh.. my back

mhirani wrote 6 months ago: well, it’s 3:35 a.m here. and I am yet again awake with severe back pain.. I’ve  been up … more →

Tags: Autistic, Autism, kids, boys, Food, Restuarant, ice cream

A Guide To Help Law Enforcement Deal with Mentally Ill Citizens

James Gunter wrote 6 months ago: The Council of State Governments’ Justice Center just released a guide for law enforcement when deal … more →

Tags: law enforcement tools, Public Safety, Community Safety, law enforcement, law enforcement training, mentally ill

Stereotyping is inaccurate

Perfectionist Gal wrote 6 months ago: Stereotyping is defined as creating an oversimplified, false or generalized portrayal of a group of … more →

Tags: humanistic psychology, Personality, Emotional, stereotyping, Portrayal, Dancers, drivers, passionate, Italians

Cracks in the Facade

Textual Fury wrote 8 months ago: I had planned something else to write today. I even wrote it. My brain was going one way and I belie … more →

Tags: A day in the life., Advocacy, Comedy, fainting, pass out, passing out, Masterpiece, Gibberish, visible change in the world

BBC: Manic depression killed my career

Stephen Pate wrote 11 months ago: By Paula Dear BBC News With the rate of redundancies rising and the number of job vacancies shrinkin … more →

Tags: Disability, discriminating against disabled, Employment Equity, PEI Disability alert, stephen pate, Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder, BBC, manic depresssion

Henri J.M. Nouwen - In the Name of Jesus

blendedworship wrote 1 year ago: Just read my second-ever Nouwen book.  In the circle of friends I have had over the years, Nouwen se … more →

Tags: nonfiction, Henri J.M. Nouwen, Devotional, Homily, henri, nouwen, In the name of Jesus, book, Ministry

Would You Punch a Kid with Down Syndrome?1 comment

jaredude wrote 1 year ago: Rarely will I defend violence, but efin with someone’s kid is NOT OK, no ifs ands or buts abou … more →

Tags: Blogging, Stuff that sucks, rants, News, Thoughts, Life, Culture, Parents, kids

Troubled life, violent death

Stephen Pate wrote 1 year ago: Slaying victim’s parents balanced nurturing, distance News and Observer, Raleigh NC Ruth Sheeh … more →

Tags: Disability, PEI Disability alert, stephen pate, Mental Health, Addiction, Bipolar Disorder, Learning Disability, news and observer, Parents

September 10, 2008

childofprussia wrote 1 year ago: Note: What we call “day programs”, “community programs”, or “day-time … more →

Tags: Caregiving, Family/ Relationships, Family News, Health & Nutrition, Humanitarian & Social Issues, People, Culture & Society, Alzheimer's, dementia, Employment

when you become so smart that you seem stupid

reuche wrote 1 year ago: Last week I was talking with a foreigner who did not know any of the languages that I know properly … more →

Tags: cracked, Observation, Personal, observations, Foreigners, acting smart and being stupid

Advocacy Organization Exposes Abuse in Paraguayan Psychiatric Hospital1 comment

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 year ago: From Mental Disability Rights International Newsletter: MDRI Exposes Deaths and Abuse in Paraguayan … more →

Tags: Cognitive Impairments, Human Rights, Latin America & Caribbean, Psychiatric Disabilities, Abuse, Disability Rights, human right abuse, human rights violations, Institution

A passionate call for mental health services

Stephen Pate wrote 1 year ago: God help us if a Deputy Minister on PEI ever said anything that wasn’t approved by the Liberal … more →

Tags: PEI Disability alert, deputy minister, Joseph Stalin, Liberal government, Mental Health, Nova Scotia, Stephen Harper


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