[Kids Together email newsletter] March 2015
- From: "Kids Together, Inc" <staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ktnewsletter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:00:48 -0400
<http://www.kidstogether.org>
"promoting inclusive communities where all people belong"
MARCH 2015
This list consists of over 3000 people (and growing!)
We welcome suggestions for newsletter items!
“If society could start thinking
about the inclusion of people with disabilities
in terms of equal opportunity and as a matter of social justice
and not just as accommodating people with disabilities
then you begin to start removing that stigma
that comes with the label of a “disability.”
~ Belinda Guthrie, Vassar ~
April is Autism Acceptance Month!
Ask an Autistic - Why Acceptance? Autism Acceptance Month
Watch this Short video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XhbHIgm438
What is Autism Acceptance Month? Why is acceptance important? Should I support
Autism Speaks and "light it up blue"? What is the difference between awareness
and acceptance? What can I do to celebrate Autism Acceptance Month? Answers to
all of these questions (and a surprise visit from Jiji's tail) in this special
episode of Ask an Autistic!
_____
Proloquo2go
50% off on April 2nd Autism Acceptance Day! One Day Only!
http://bit.ly/1xIOQUL
April is Autism Acceptance Month, and more specifically, April 2 is Autism
Acceptance Day! No, this is not a typo. We are shifting from autism awareness
to autism acceptance. We need a positive change! There's more: Proloquo2Go will
be 50% off on Autism Acceptance Day April 2 - one day only so spread the word!
_____
Action Alert!
Sign the 25th Anniversary ADA Pledge!
Become a part of the nationwide celebration and recommitment to the ADA
http://adaanniversary.org/pledge
Become a part of the nationwide celebration, sign the PLEDGE ON! to ADA25,
explore the ADA Anniversary Tool Kit, and show your commitment to the ADA
throughout the year and annually for the ADA Anniversary - July 26. Celebrate
and share the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in your workplaces, schools
and communities and online in social media and websites. See the Media Kit at
http://adaanniversary.org/media-kit
_____
Movies:
Friends of Mine
Watch the Trailor or Download from iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/friends-of-mine/id868458460
Friends of Mine, a feature-length documentary, tells the story of two young
men, Jordan and Brian, who are required to volunteer at a week-long summer camp
for the developmentally disabled. For them, life will never be the same. Jordan
and Brian are no longer boys struggling to find their way. They, in the course
of one week, have become men who have experienced unconditional love in a most
unexpected way. The film has captured the hearts of countless people since its
premiere at the Hollywood Film Festival—it is a moving portrait of what it
means to be a friend.
_____
BOOKS!
What Would Nola Do?
What My Mother Taught Me about Showing Up, Being Present, and the Art of
Caregiving
By Gerry Anderson Arango
ASIN B00L2M7TUY ISBN-10: 0991436903 ISBN-13: 978-0991436903
“Open to any page of What Would Nola Do? and you’ll discover not just someone
who ‘gets it,’ but an honest and understanding friend.”—Rachel Simon, New York
Times bestselling author of Riding The Bus With My Sister and The Story of
Beautiful Girl
Meet Gerry, wife and working mom, who considers herself, “not so much a person
who is a failure as I am a person who is fundamentally intolerant of, and
disappointed in, her lack of super powers.” But more than super powers are
needed as Gerry navigates her roles as parent to a teenager with Down syndrome,
friend to a priest with traumatic brain injury, and daughter to Nola, the
mother who always seemed to have things under control but is slowly descending
into dementia. As Gerry puts it, “I am not able to steer the metaphorical
buses I’m riding with my mother, my son or my friend. I’m just a passenger too.
Is there something to be said for the paths we are on together, despite the
fact that we have reached no particular destination as yet?” Throughout the
journey, Gerry finds humor, spiritual resilience, and the answer to the
perpetual question, “What would Nola do?”
Geralyn Anderson Arango has been a professor of special education in
Philadelphia since 2001. She writes and presents on a wide variety of topics in
inclusive education, parenting, and person-centered planning. Gerry also serves
as a consultant and advocate for families and community-based teams. She lives
in Wallingford, Pennsylvania with her husband, two children, a very old cat and
a hyperactive Labrador. This is Gerry’s first book.
_____
Articles:
Professor: Pain of Ostracism Can Be Deep, Long-lasting
By Perdue Professors Kipling D. Williams and Steve A. Nida
Read the full article >>>
http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2011/110510WilliamsOstracism.html
Ostracism or exclusion may not leave external scars, but it can cause pain that
often is deeper and lasts longer than a physical injury, according to a Purdue
University expert….
… “When a person is ostracized, the brain's dorsal anterior cingulate cortex,
which registers physical pain, also feels this social injury, Williams said.
The process of ostracism includes three stages: the initial acts of being
ignored or excluded, coping and resignation.”…
… Being excluded is painful because it threatens fundamental human needs, such
as belonging and self-esteem," Williams said. "Again and again research has
found that strong, harmful reactions are possible even when ostracized by a
stranger or for a short amount of time.”…
_____
Articles:
It's Time to End Segregation of Special Education Students, Professors Say
http://today.ku.edu/2015/01/27/professors-argue-time-has-finally-come-fully-end-segregation-special-education-students
The time has finally come to end the separation of special education and
general education students, researchers at the University of Kansas argue in a
new publication. Not only does research show that all students have higher
achievement in fully integrated environments, but support and public policy for
schools to make such a switch are coming into place as well….
_____
Blogs
Return to Asylums? Let’s Not!
By Susan Rogers
http://www.madinamerica.com/2015/02/return-asylums-lets-not/
Susan Rogers is director of the National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help
Clearinghouse, and director of special projects of the Mental Health
Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania. A writer, editor, and advocate, she
has been active in the c/s/x movement since 1984.
In this blog she discusses: A recent JAMA opinion piece calling for a return to
asylums – not the bad kind, the authors (three Penn bioethicists) insist, but a
“safe, modern and humane” kind of asylum – led to a radio debate between
co-author Dominic Sisti, associate professor of medical ethics at the
University of Pennsylvania, and Joseph Rogers, chief advocacy officer of the
Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania (MHASP) and executive
director of the National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse. The
debate, on WHYY’s Voices in the Family, was moderated by the show’s host, Dr.
Dan Gottlieb.
_____
The Parent Side (tm)
T-shirts, cards, magnets mugs, stickers & more!
GREAT CARDS AND GIFTS!
It's a campaign for inclusion and against exclusion!
<http://www.theparentside.com> http://www.theparentside.com
Products that promote inclusion and acceptance of diversity. Gifts for parents,
teachers, self-advocates and others! Mugs, tote bags, buttons, posters, bumper
stickers, cards, t shirts, sweatshirts and lots more! Become a fan!
<http://www.facebook.com/TheParentSide> http://www.facebook.com/TheParentSide
_____
Resources are listed for general information purposes only
Kids Together does not endorse products, services, or provide any legal advice
Kids Together, Inc. is an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)3 organization
We support the belief that children with disabilities, like all children,
have the need to be welcomed, cherished and embraced in our communities.
To Subscribe or Unsubscribe go to
<//www.freelists.org/webpage/ktnewsletter>
//www.freelists.org/webpage/ktnewsletter
or Subscribe - email <mailto:ktnewsletter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ktnewsletter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx type "subscribe" in the subject line
Unsubscribe - email <mailto:ktnewsletter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
ktnewsletter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx "unsubscribe" in the subject line
Website: <http://www.kidstogether.org> http://www.kidstogether.org
Inclusive Education Listserv: <//www.freelists.org/webpage/kidstogether>
//www.freelists.org/webpage/kidstogether
Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/KidsTogether>
http://www.facebook.com/KidsTogether
Please notify us to receive this newsletter in text only
Other related posts:
- » [Kids Together email newsletter] March 2015 - Kids Together, Inc
