http://bloggingdown.com Blogging Down Syndrome Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:35:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To start with, I'm Canadian, so I won't be voting in the US election, and I am not intending with this post to tell anyone how to vote. What I am asking is that voters continue to look at the bigger picture. Someone much more knowledgeable than I am about ... http://bloggingdown.com/sarah-palin-as-mccains-running-mate-disability-issues/ This is a scientific look at Down syndrome and new information derived from examining stem cells. In spite of those areas that may assault my sensibilities, I felt it was important to include this video. Be aware that "people first" language is also not a big part of ... http://bloggingdown.com/the-science-of-down-syndrome/ Russell has just competed his first year of high school, and on the whole I'm satisfied, although I would like to see them make a bit more effort toward inclusive education. He spent 10 years at an elementary school in which he was included in a regular classroom. Only occasionally ... http://bloggingdown.com/1st-year-of-high-school/ Hi everyone. This is my first post so I'll do an introduction of our family and then I want to share some recent successes. My name is Clare, I live in southwestern Ontario, Canada and I have four kids. Bobby is 19, Mary 16, Russell will soon turn 15, and ... http://bloggingdown.com/introduction-and-a-bit-of-a-brag/ Sadly, I'm not brave enough to post videos of my son with Down syndrome on YouTube where many troglodytic idiots feel the need to uplift themselves by putting down people with Down syndrome. Thankfully there are others who will brave the ignorant comments so our kids with Down ... http://bloggingdown.com/the-stuff-of-which-viral-videos-are-made/ Let me say that I am Pro-Life and I also happen to be Roman Catholic. It's funny how people assume that is why I allowed my son with Down syndrome to be born. The truth is, he was my son from the start and once I knew he ... http://bloggingdown.com/symbol-of-pro-life/ Not that donating is ever painful, but this is an easy way to donate to Parker's medical care and doesn't even require your own funds. You simply open a Revolution Money Exchange Account using the button below and $10 will be deposited into my RME account which will in ... http://bloggingdown.com/painless-way-to-donate-to-praying-for-parker/ The article Who should doctors let die in a pandemic is making the rounds amongst Down syndrome lists. CHICAGO - Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die. Now, an influential group of ... http://bloggingdown.com/our-kids-and-the-lifeboat/ When I had my other children, I didn't have visions of any of them getting married, going to college, or becoming president. They were babies in my arms, reaching toddlers, defiant preschoolers, and never the visualization of the person they would become in the future. It was immediately different when ... http://bloggingdown.com/the-down-syndrome-crystal-ball/ A greater number of links to articles about Special Olympics have been coming through the Down syndrome mail-lists lately and the stories are all well-worth reading. So I decided to do a Google news search to see what else could be found on the subject. Here are a ... http://bloggingdown.com/special-olympics-is-in-the-air/