Korean girl still to be cared for by family of rapists

Here's the story in its entirety from The Korea Times , the only English-language, non-blogger source I could find for it: Court Ruling...

"I had a choice, and I chose life. Does that make me pro-choice or pro-life"?

Tierney Temple Fairchild writes in the Washington Post about her ten-year-old daughter and what it means to her to "choose life"...

Slumgullion #45

Yeah, I'm still here. I got new eyeglasses this weekend, and while it may take a few days to adjust to the bifocals (!) I hope to be spe...

I feel sad, too, though unrelenting rage is more appropriate

Many who blog about autism have written about Alex Barton , the Florida five-year-old, whose Kindergarten teacher led his classmates i...

The Most Important Disability Policy

I had a hard time choosing one topic for this year's BADD. There's the presidential candidates' disability policies , McCain...

Phoning It In

Last month, the state of Massachusetts issued a report on an August 2007 incident at one of the group homes of the Judge Rotenberg Center (...

Katie Jones and Deus ex machina

The story of Katie Jones has been circulating slowly on disability listservs and blogs since the December 9 article in the Chicago Tribune ....

"Ransom notes" ad campaign ends

Ari Ne'eman, president of the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) that led the protest against the NYU Child Study Center's "...

The "ransom notes" campaign

We have your son.We are destroying his ability for social interaction and driving him into a life of complete isolation. It's up to you ...

Robert Latimer denied parole

Yesterday, a Canadian parole board in a prison near Victoria denied day parole to Robert Latimer . Latimer is the Saskatchewan farmer servin...

Art program for disabled children in Uzbekistan

I've been posting images of art about disability that I've found on Flickr lately. But there's a program in Uzbekistan that use...

Preschoolers: What happens when people get old?

Image description: A large piece of butcher paper hangs in an outdoor display of drawings by preschoolers prompted by the question "Wha...

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...

Movie review: Notes on a Scandal

Along with Testament , Penny mentioned in comments of an earlier review of mine that Notes on a Scandal , the 2006 psychological drama that...

Race as disability

Back in March the story of the Andrews family of Long Island came to public attention. The NY Daily News announced " What a mess, bab...