31 for 21
October 1, 2012 6:19 PM Subscribe
31 for 21 in honor of National Down Syndrome Awareness Month, bloggers will be writing a blog article a day concerning the issues of Down syndrome. In addition, there is a blog hop of "best of" weekly posts.
Thanks for posting, I am intrigued by the blog hop concept as an awareness tool.
Also, I didn't know about the issue the ABLE act is addressing, good for Kerry for supporting the initiative.
As someone who works for activist campaigns in Canada I am intrigued by the model of the Legislative Advocacy Task Force... is that a common thing for umbrella groups in the US to use?
posted by chapps at 10:35 PM on October 1, 2012
Also, I didn't know about the issue the ABLE act is addressing, good for Kerry for supporting the initiative.
As someone who works for activist campaigns in Canada I am intrigued by the model of the Legislative Advocacy Task Force... is that a common thing for umbrella groups in the US to use?
posted by chapps at 10:35 PM on October 1, 2012
My sister had Down's syndrome (in the 50's they were referred to as "mongoloid", still the term that comes most easily to me). Her childhood in the UK state school system providing for such children was not fun.
posted by epo at 12:29 AM on October 2, 2012
posted by epo at 12:29 AM on October 2, 2012
Thanks for posting this. This is a group of folks who get a sort of one-note treatment in public discussion. One summer in college, I worked at a sleep-away camp for developmentally disabled people of all ages. A fair number of our campers had Downs. They're far more complex people than a lot of popular media would have you believe (you know, because they're people). Maybe it was just the folks who got sent to our camp, but the majority were *not* the constantly smiling, plucky elves you often see portrayed, although sometimes they could be. Rather they experience a full range of emotional stations, frustration to depression to joyful. This is still a vulnerable population, and you wonder what will become of them as social services continue to get slashed in the name of small gov't.
posted by smirkette at 7:06 AM on October 2, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by smirkette at 7:06 AM on October 2, 2012 [2 favorites]
Thank you for spreading the awareness, I was not aware!
The ABLE act is awesome, go Kerry.
posted by freejinn at 9:29 PM on October 2, 2012
The ABLE act is awesome, go Kerry.
posted by freejinn at 9:29 PM on October 2, 2012
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