Friday, November 23, 2012

Dec. 14 release for new film, "Any Day Now," about a gay couple who fights to adopt a teen with Down syndrome

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Review from film's Tribeca Film Festival premiere in The Hollywood Reporter : Travis Fine's drama co-stars Alan Cumming and G...

"Homeland's" Carrie character based on writer's sister with bipolar disorder

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From Entertainment Weekly: What makes Homeland's CIA genius tick? In part, TV writer Meredith Stiehm, who spins material for Clai...

At Toronto's York University, students on the autism spectrum thrive in mentorship program

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From The Star in Toronto, Canada: Maze-like campuses, 500-seat lecture halls and life in residence...

Boulder, Colo., played role in development of closed captioning

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From The Boulder Camera in Colorado: The three Boulder researchers credited with developing closed captioning never set out to chang...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

For Gamers With Autism, Online Worlds a Cycle of Attraction and Fear

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From Wired : You might think you know World of Warcraft , but you don’t know it the way Ian Bates (pictured) does. Like many of the...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Disabled people especially vulnerable in calamities such as Hurricane Sandy

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From am New York : Evacuating during Hurricane Sandy was a nightmare for the able-bodied, but many disabled New Yorkers felt a frighte...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Author's childhood with dyslexia, stories on deaf community lead to book about children who have little in common with their parents

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From The NY Times : Andrew Solomon’s enormous new book, “Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity,” is about...
Monday, November 19, 2012

Florida man with muscular dystrophy crafts 6-part graphic novel

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From The Miami Hurricane , student newspaper at the University of Miami: David Leal (pictured), who lost the ability to walk when he wa...

Inspecting the trend of young adult book characters on the autism spectrum

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From NPR's Tasha Robinson, who  is the national associate editor for The A.V. Club . The eponymous protagonist of Ashley Edward ...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Georgia autistic teen writes sophisticated political blog

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From WXIA-TV in Georgia: DUNWOODY, Ga. -- Asher Newman sits at his computer, proofreading his latest entry aloud: "A better ques...
Friday, November 9, 2012

In Great Britain, 300-year-old manual reveals efforts to help deaf people speak

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From MSNBC : A 300-year-old, leather-bound instruction manual contains some of the earliest examples of attempts to teach the...
Sunday, November 4, 2012

Stand-up success for British 'Lost Voice Guy' comic with CP

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From the BBC : The 31-year-old from County Durham said he always wanted to be able to tell jokes and make people laugh Born w...
Saturday, November 3, 2012

Call for proposals for Society for Disability Studies 2013 conference in Orlando

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2013 SDS Call for Proposals Call for proposals 26th annual meeting Society for Disability Studies Wednesday, June 26th – Satur...