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A Mother’s Response
by Katheryn J. Ware, RN BSN
I am here tonight [at the
U of M’s Peter Singer talk] with my son Kylen. Kylen is 11
years old. He has mental retardation and Cerebral Palsy. According
to Peter Singer my son is a “non-person” because of his “severe
intellectual disabilities.”... read
about the protest response >
Creating Employment Opportunities for Those in
Need
by Danielle Engle
During the 2006 Minnesota
legislative session, one topic that certainly will prevail is the
competition for funding dollars. Given the proposed 2007 federal
budget cuts, the future looks dismal ... read
more about creating opportunities >
Choosing a Health and Fitness Club
by Danielle Engle
Choosing a health
and fitness club can be a daunting task for anyone. When selecting
the right health or fitness club a number of issues need to
be considered: cost, convenience, available services, and the hours
it is open. Beyond these basic issues is the deeper need for
a sense of belonging ... read
more about choosing a club >
Opened Captioning (OC)
by Terri Ricci
The opened captioning symbol
is one that is not too widely used, but this month we have an interesting
article regarding a venture that is expanding open captioning ... read
more about (oc) >
Autism: Getting to Know a Baffling Disorder
by Michael J. Dochniak
Even though autism was first
described in the 1940s, little was really known about the disorder
until the 1990s. Even today, there is a great deal that researchers,
scientists, and health care providers don’t know about autism ... read
more about the disorder >
10 Things an Autistic Adult Wishes
You Knew
From Aspies for Freedom
by Amy Nelson
Autism is a part of who
I am. I was born this way. I would not choose to change that. Acknowledging
my autism as a part of me is entirely compatible with respecting
me as a person with thoughts, feelings, and talent ... read
more about autism >
Women are Prone to Eye Disease
by Prevent Blindness America
Throughout their lives, women
will likely experience some sort of change in their vision, whether
it be a need for glasses or contacts, a serious infection or even
an eye disease. Because women are more prone to eye disease
than men, it is important for them to know how to protect their sight ... read
more about eye disease >
Ending Homelessness, One Person at a Time
by Clarence Schadegg
Project Homeless Connect
held their second exposition to provide information to help homeless
people find alternative living conditions. What I don’t understand
is why none of the organizations who attended had alternative formatted
material to hand out to people with disabilities. The mission of
Project Homeless Connect is to “end homelessness one person
at a time." ... read
more about homelessness >
Resistant Infections: No Minor Nuisance
by Thomas Murray
We’ve all been shocked
by the occasional news stories about the dreaded flesh-eating bacteria.
With so many negative stories in the news, it’s easy to convince
yourself, “that
could never happen to me.” ... read
more about infections >
Great Minnesota Stationary Bike Race
by Jo Erbes and Terri Ricci
There were over 200
people in attendance at the Great Minnesota Stationary Bike Race
for United Cerebral Palsy of Minnesota on March 11, 2006 at the
Saint Paul RiverCentre. There were 20 teams—with participants
ranging in age from 4 years old to 91 years young ... read
more about the race >
Teens and Adults of All Abilities Delight in Middle
Eastern Dance
by Carla Knutson Biermaier
A packed audience of about
150 teens and adults with physical and mental disabilities, along
with their caregivers, joyfully participated in a performance by
Jawaahir Dance Company ... read
more about the dance >
REACH for Resources Annual Bowl-A-Thon
by Cynthia Bade
While Joe Parker might be
labeled as a young man with a cognitive disability, he prefers to
be recognized as someone who gets the job done when his favorite
charitable cause needs help ... read
more about the bowl-a-thon >
MN Wheelchair Basketball Teams
Compete Nationally
by Pat Goodwin
Three youth wheelchair
basketball teams sponsored by Courage Center competed in national
tournaments in their respective divisions during March. The
participants, both boys and girls, range in age from 8 to 18 ... read
more about basketball >
Courage Alpine Skier Qualifies
for NASTAR
by Pat Goodwin
Courage Alpine Skier Meghan
Erickson, a
10-year-old amputee from Somerset, WI, qualified for the NASTAR (National STAndard
Race) Championships that were held March 23-26, 2006 in Steamboat Springs,
Colorado ...
read more about skiing >
It's All Happenin' at the Zoo
Hundreds of walkers and wheelchair “wheelers” will
raise money on Saturday, May 20, 2006 at the Minnesota Zoo to benefit
Courage Center ... read
more about what's happenin' >
Honey We're Killing the Kids
Beginning Monday, April 10,
2006 at
9:00/8:00 central time zone, the Learning Channel (TLC) will transform the
lives of 13 families across the nation in this groundbreaking new series. In
each family, the children’s eating habits have spiraled out of control
... read more about
the problem >
Correction to the Protest
Alert! Article
I wanted to inform you about
a mistake we made in one sentence in the article for Access Press.
We wrote, “This means that an estimated 54 million Americans,
a population roughly the size of France, are living in bodies that
according to Peter Singer should have been killed upon birth.”... read
more about the correction >
