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I've been blogging a lot recently about disability issues, so I'm feeling a bit burnt out. I've had a look at the other folks blogging for BADD so far, and there's so much there that's just wonderful that I'm not sure how well my tired brain will do.

I've tried to keep up with blogging about violence against all sorts of people with disabilities, ( Read more... )

The RatifyNow Blogswarm about the CRPD has has come and gone.

The what now?

What is a human rights convention?

A convention, or treaty, is a legally binding document between 2 or more countries. A human rights convention is a treaty that deals specifically with human rights. The International Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities is a ( Read more... )

have something to say about this, but my weekend and most of next week are totally swamped. It's much easier to post semi-fluff during breaks between ridicu-work. but I will get to it. :)

Dr. Matthew Israel has written a response to the Blogging Against Aversives swarm!

http://www.judgerc.org/responsetoblogs.pdf

A few things stick out to me:

1. His assumption that we don't know that not all students are hooked up to the GED, or that the school also uses positive reinforcement. That misses entirely what we are objecting to and suggests ( Read more... )

This is exactly what I was talking about.

I want to make absolutely sure it's clear why I say this, as one person seems to be interpreting what I have to say as implying that I have no problem with children getting any kind of extremely explicit information.

I do believe, and have for a long time, that there should be some way of giving young people information about sexual diversity that ( Read more... )

Blogging For Sex Education Day

I'm something of an odd person to be talking about this.  I went to a fantastic public school (yes, Virginia, they do exist, and yes, Virginia, they're worthy of community support even if you don't send your kids there) with what I am sure would be considered a fantastic sex ed program.  They taught us about everything ( Read more... )

as set up by REnEV, here:


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