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    • 15 Ratings
    • 953 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    What's so special?

    MARCH 25, 2011 10:12PM

    By Vivian Henoch


    Topics: hot video, down syndrome, scrabble, chess, family life, figure skating, bar/bat mitvah, twins, chicago, special gifts theatre, special olympics, exceptional families, special gifts

    • 28 Ratings
    • 16053 Views
    • 53 Comments
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    Today I Learned Something About Down Syndrome

    FEBRUARY 18, 2011 1:43PM

    By Roger Fallihee


    Topics: ignorance, down syndrome

    • 2 Ratings
    • 688 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Texanna: Elderly Playmate

    JULY 20, 2010 7:06AM

    By bethybug


    Topics: down syndrome, friendships

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 3885 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    HOW GLEE IS CHANGING THE WORLD, ONE 12 YEAR-OLD AT A TIME

    MAY 14, 2010 10:51AM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: broadway actors, mothering, acceptance, tolerance, bullying, liberals, massachusetts, brittany, catholic school, mike o'malley, burt, chris colfer, santana, jane lynch, sue sylvester, kurt, rachel, cripples, celibacy, down syndrome, jonathan groff, jesse st. james, straight jacket, newsweek, glee, lesbians, gays

    • 10 Ratings
    • 498 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Missy: Encountering Disability as an Adult

    MAY 3, 2010 11:21PM

    By Eileen Dover


    Topics: down syndrome, the third in a series leading up to the job i have now

    • 6 Ratings
    • 560 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Bobby: Another Encounter with Disability

    MAY 2, 2010 2:49AM

    By Eileen Dover


    Topics: down syndrome, the second in a series leading up to the job i have now

    • 11 Ratings
    • 1223 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Actress with Down Syndrome slams Palin good

    FEBRUARY 19, 2010 3:22PM

    By Akopsa


    Topics: andrea fay friedman, sarah palin, down syndrome

    • 3 Ratings
    • 855 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Obscure Blogger Calls Palin ‘A Retard’

    FEBRUARY 16, 2010 9:33PM

    By The Desperate Blogger


    Topics: satire, politics, political humor, opinion, media, humor, entertainment, editorial, snark, sean hannity, sarah palin, rush limbaugh, retard, mental disability, glenn beck, fox news, family guy, down syndrome

    • 2 Ratings
    • 378 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    A Note About the Sarah Palin Mishap on Family Guy

    FEBRUARY 16, 2010 3:06PM

    By MOMSACOMIC


    Topics: becoming real, mental retardation, down syndrome

    • 11 Ratings
    • 921 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Comedic Incontinence, Intolerance and Motorbikes

    DECEMBER 22, 2009 5:28AM

    By psychomama


    Topics: tommy tiernan, down syndrome, freud, family, belief, comedy, truth, fear, prejudice, cant and rant, denial, tolerance, open call, mental health, disability, ability, motorbikes and the man i love!

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 5878 Views
    • 83 Comments
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    Should we lament the disappearance of Down Syndrome?

    OCTOBER 8, 2009 8:52PM

    By AmyTuteurMD


    Topics: abortion, down syndrome

    • 14 Ratings
    • 876 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    It's Always Personal In a Mad, Bad, Humpty-Dumpty World

    AUGUST 12, 2009 7:17PM

    By psychomama


    Topics: apologies, down syndrome, eunice kennedy you were only great! mental health, fear, freud's dark continent, bipolar, triggers, sex of course! family, health care, dollhouse, woman, god, delusion, belief, inspiration, art

    • 5 Ratings
    • 1582 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Jesus Was Not A Jew! Good Ol' American Common Sense

    AUGUST 7, 2009 7:37PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: whites, war, smart president ≠ smart country, sarah palin, saddam hussein, roe v. wade, revolutionary war, republican, peter orszag, old testament, obama, new testament, nazi, muslim, medicare, mccain, kenya, judaism, joe the plumber, jesus was not a jew, huffington post, health care, god, gallup poll, facebook, elite, education, down syndrome, death panel, congress, common sense, christian, bush, bill maher, beltway, americans, 9/11

    • 5 Ratings
    • 599 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Abortion and Denial

    JULY 11, 2009 10:08AM

    By John Carol Oates


    Topics: pro-choice, abortion, defects, convience, legal, denial, guilt, double standard, media, down syndrome, religious groups, liberal media, six feet under, open call, politics

    • 8 Ratings
    • 1884 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Eugenasia: On Abortion and Disability

    JUNE 3, 2009 11:13PM

    By Diotima


    Topics: abortion, disability, down syndrome, eugenics, tiller, palin

    • 3 Ratings
    • 762 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    How I got here. The twenty -five random things.

    FEBRUARY 8, 2009 1:19AM

    By Lee Ann Dodson


    Topics: random, down syndrome, writing, things, children, life, buddha

    • 0 Ratings
    • 1271 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    The Great Debate -- Who Really is Trig's Mother?

    SEPTEMBER 6, 2008 3:18AM

    By Carolyn Schuk


    Topics: sarah palin, trig palin, leigh bailey, down syndrome

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