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Tropic Thunder producers fail to act – Boycott called for
Well I’m not surprised…..and I’m sorry about that. Apparently Dreamworks will make no effort at this time to rectify the use of the word “retard” or otherwise ameliorate the negative sterotype being proliferated in the movie Tropic Thunder. A recent viewing left David Tolleson of the National Down Syndrome Congress feeling “like I had been …
Hate Speech and ‘Tropic Thunder’
Oh it’s being covered everywhere but honestly my head has been buried in the sand dealing with the first week of school here. (yea – we end early too) so I’ve just been reading along and if you haven’t catch up by clicking on these links here: Tropic Thunder – Once Upon a Time…There was …
Orange you glad you smiled?
Oh no, not a bad joke just look at those kids!! They sure do look like they are having fun!! Your kids can have fun too and for a good cause! Citrus lovers from around the world including the United States, Canada, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan are invited to submit …
Alaska’s Governor has 5th child, a son with down syndrome
Governor Palin, Congratulations to you and your husband and happy birth day to Trig Paxon Van Palin! With that, we take this opportunity to also welcome you to the amazing country of Holland. You’re very familiar with the Italy tour (having four older children) and I want to assure you that your time in our …
The Sunday Paper for April 20, 2008…
…and a cup of coffee Every Sunday I hope to offer you my version of the Sunday paper with articles from the past week or two, relevant or uplifitng (or both), on various issues within the special needs community. ‘High School Musical’ production takes social inclusion to new level One of the most successful Disney …
TiVo® Alert – The Miss USA Pageant
I am SURE you are saying are you kidding me with the Miss USA Pageant as a TiVo alert! I however think all of you with little girls may be very happy to have your daughter see Miss Iowa – Abbey Nicole Curran. She’s a beautiful, talented, intelligent, self-possessed, young lady who is competing for the …
Just a normal teenager who happens to have an extra chromosome
It’s amazing that I got this article sent to me by my friend Johanna. It ties right into a conversation I was having with Katherine – ok well kinda. The conversation was had but since Katherine doesn’t have Down Syndrome it wasn’t exactly the same. What I loved about this article was it was so …
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