Nothing Down about this up-beat motivator
Written by By Ian Gillespie, The London Free Press.com
Friday, 21 May 2010
Once written off by doctors, a London man has started a charity to help others.
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Disabled Girl Reduced to a Number
Written by Les Perreaux, Published in the Globe and Mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Immigrant family told daughter's health care costs 'an excessive burden;' may have to return to France
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Kitchener Zoning Bylaws are Thought to be Discriminatory
Written by Terry Pender, Published by The Record.com
Thursday, 25 February 2010
The City of Kitchener is being taken to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal by a group that says zoning bylaws here discriminate against people with disabilities.
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Google Convicted for Disturbing Video
Written by By Manuela D'Alessandro, originally published by Reuters
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Milan court convicted three Google Inc. executives on Wednesday for violating the privacy of an Italian boy with Down's syndrome by letting a video of him being bullied be posted on the site in 2006.
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There is No Such Thing as the Perfect Child
Written by Sue Robins, Originally Printed in the Globe & Mail
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
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A parent asked why I didn't get prenatal testing. My son is the same as other kids. He just happens to have Down syndrome
A word to the wise to those of you dying to ask a parent of a child with Down syndrome, spina bifida or an open neural tube condition if they had prenatal testing: Don't do it. Bite your tongue. Shut up. Swallow it.
Because what you are really asking us is, "Why didn't you abort your child?" And, similarly, "Why is this child even alive right now?"
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