Ad Council "Crutches" PSA

The Ad Council has a campaign called "Don't Almost Give" and a series of public service announcements that includes one called...

Another insult and apology

From the Washington Post . Jerry again, during yesterday's telethon : The 81-year-old showman -- prowling about the stage during the liv...

Yes, the road to hell is paved, but that doesn't mean it's accessible

Good intentions are tricky. With philanthropy, you can get so invested in your own self-righteous helpfulness that you fail to see you aren...

Anti-telethon blogging

Sigh. It's that time of year again. Miss Crip Chick and Kara Sheridan are leading the online protest against this tiresome Weekend of ...

Movie review: Emmanuel's Gift

I didn't expect to like this 2005 documentary , the story of Ghanaian Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, born without a tibia in his right leg and o...

The betrayal of ability

So here's some YouTube video of a Brazilian Candid-Camera-type show where pranks are pulled on unsuspecting passersby. This five-and-a-...

Various NPR disability stories

Label falls short for those with mental retardation by Joseph Shapiro. Excerpt: The term mental retardation was supposed to be an improveme...

Saturday Slumgullion #23

Flea at One Good Thing answers an email with questions about raising a child with obsessive compulsive behavior. Scroll down to the "D...

Looking for Harriet

For the many people googling Harriet McBryde Johnson because of her Christmas Day editoria l in The New York Times , she's mentioned on...

International Day of Disabled 2006

December 3 -- today -- is the International Day for Disabled Persons as declared by the United Nations some years ago. At the very least, th...