Down Syndrome

People With Disabilities Are Not Recognized by Police

08/27/14 - Disability Awareness Training, Disability in the Media, Disability Law, Education, Featured Blogger of the Month, Guest Blogger, Mental Illness, Uncategorized - 3 Comments

Complaints about police brutality have gotten more and more press in recent years. Thanks to social media and the prevalence of cameras, it’s easy to capture these moments. Police ineptness has also played a role in these incidents. But in recent years, there are other…

D-blogger of the Month: 5 Boys and 1 Girl make 6

08/15/12 - Disability in the Media, Down Syndrome, Featured Blogger of the Month, Guest Blogger - 2 Comments

This is a guest blog post by Katie Driscoll, a mother of a girl with Down Syndrome and the author of the blog 5 Boys and 1 Girl make 6.

On a beautiful day in August of 2009 my husband and I walked to the hospital…