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Saturday Night Live (SNL) parody of Lennon sisters mocking disabled people

stremain wrote 11 hours ago: A discussion on the Disability Studies in the Humanities listserv has centred around a skit recently … more →

Tags: General, Disability, Discrimination, Gender, Norms and normalcy, ableism, stigmatization, Appearance norms, Video

Are Chimpanzees People?3 comments

Ricky M wrote 21 hours ago: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/10/chimpanzees-not.html?npu=1&mbid=yhp As a population o … more →

Tags: Critical Thinking, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, chimp, chimpanzee, Human Rights, People

National Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

stremain wrote 1 day ago: The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is holding a National Symposium on October 24 & 25 at the Vi … more →

Tags: General, Disability, Discrimination, Law and public policy, Eugenics, ableism, Population Control, History of eugenics, Aging and disability

Russian Orphanages

armsopenwide wrote 2 days ago: (from the ROOF website- the Russian Orphan Opportunity Fund) An Overview of the Russian Orphanage S … more →

Tags: Christ, church, development, Families, INTERNATIONAL, Orthodoxy, relationship, Stories, Tools

From Dusk Till Dawn

pradierdownloads wrote 2 days ago: Download From Dusk Till Dawn Movie Meet the Gecko brothers (George Clooney and QT) two of the most w … more →

Tags: Downloads, Download, from, Dusk, till, Dawn, Movie, Meet, Gecko

Dan Savage on Assisted Suicide and Religion

Spirit of the Time wrote 3 days ago: Dan Savage, well-known for his column Savage Love, has written a moving essay, “In Defense of … more →

Tags: Families, Public Policy, Open access publications, Newspapers, Medical Interventions, Life and Death, Bill I-1000, euthanasia, Assisted Suicide

IDPs committed atrocities – Raila1 comment

nairobichronicle wrote 3 days ago: Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said internal refugees in camps are afraid to return home bec … more →

Tags: News, Annan, coast, Displaced, Eldoret, Ethnic Clashes, Evian, idp, internally

practical suggestions for Parish ministry

armsopenwide wrote 5 days ago: (from the Orthodox Church in America’s Resource Handbook for Lay Ministry) Some Practical Sugg … more →

Tags: Families, foundational, Orthodoxy, church, Christ, relationship, Vision, Accessibility

reflecting upon our attitudes toward the disabled

armsopenwide wrote 1 week ago: This is another article, this time from 1986, from the Orthodox Church of America’s Resource p … more →

Tags: Christ, church, Prayer, relationship, Spiritual tools

UD, Gallaudet, and a new aesthetic (acknowledgements to H-Dirksen Bauman)

stremain wrote 1 week ago: PLEASE NOTE: The link in this post has been corrected. The principles of Universal Design (UD) emerg … more →

Tags: Deaf culture / deafness, Disability, Education, History, Human kinds, Identity Politics, Newspapers, Public Policy, schools

"The Accessible Church"

armsopenwide wrote 1 week ago: Here is a 1983 article by Fr. John Matusiak, “The Accessible Church,” which is definitel … more →

Tags: Accessibility, Christ, church, development, Orthodoxy, relationship, Vision

The girl effect

richard brisebois wrote 2 weeks ago: A presentation with written words only. Self-standing and brilliant. Watch it… and do somethin … more →

Tags: Presentation, Community

Accessibility solutions in Ethiopia

armsopenwide wrote 2 weeks ago: In Ethiopia one must take off one’s footwear if one desires to enter a Church to worship. I f … more →

Tags: Accessibility, church, INTERNATIONAL, Orthodoxy, Spiritual tools, Stories, Tools

"Let's Talk About It": Contemporary Eugenics for Louisiana and the Problem of Intergenerational Welfare

Spirit of the Time wrote 2 weeks ago: Famous picture of The Kallikaks Republican state representative John Labruzzo has recently suggested … more →

Tags: autonomy, Canadian History, Children, Contraception, Differential treatment, Eugenic sterilization, Eugenics, Families, History of eugenics

Matthew 25 mini-lessons

armsopenwide wrote 2 weeks ago: It is actually entitled Love Your Neighbor: Orthodox Christian Acts of Charity click on: htt … more →

Tags: Christ, relationship, Spiritual tools

Mother

flingkylunas wrote 3 weeks ago:        Mother I admire the person who suffered in giving birth in me and that is my beloved m … more →

Tags: beloved mother, Mother, Person, Person I admire Lovable mother

Matthew 25 House3 comments

armsopenwide wrote 3 weeks ago: There is a house of hospitality in Akron, Ohio, that is intended to be a haven for all (men) who are … more →

Tags: Christ, church, Families, Inspiration, Orthodoxy, relationship, Stories, US Ministries, Vision

Posts on Cognitive Disability: A Challenge to Moral Philosophy

Spirit of the Time wrote 3 weeks ago: If anyone has any reactions to talks they’ve heard at the Cognitive Disability conference in N … more →

Tags: Applied Ethics, Autism, autonomy, Bioethics, Biological sciences, philosophical issues, Cognition, Cognitive Disability, conference report, Conferences

The Calm Before the Storm...

memocircular wrote 3 weeks ago: I was advised to take a personality test of some sort in the hope of finding a new approach of how I … more →

Tags: The Filipino Way of Life, demands, Depression, Enneagram Personality test, enneagram test, Exams, Family, final examinations, Friendship


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