Have to go to the site for the picture, but the point is clear: even 500,000 years ago parents and communities took care of children with disabilities. Not shocking, unless you think of social support for people with disabilities now. I bet we’ve gone down hill since then in terms of equity and inclusion.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7966770.stm

Watching how a toddler responds to animations could help diagnose autism, research has suggested.
Babies usually start paying attention to movement soon after birth, and pick up information from the cues they see but children with autism often do not.
A study, published in Nature, where two-year-olds ( Read more... )

Emotiv looks insanely amazing. Nick sent me the link. I really think he’d like one of these. It would allow you to drive a wheelchair with your mind, AND interface with a computer. Here’s a short video on the topic. I’ve signed up as a developer and hope I can get a couple of them.



If you can’t see the embedded video, check it out on youtube.

My friend Katheryn at RyHigh has an interesting blog post, Hands up, where she talks about Disabled kids show host draws criticism, praise - CNN.com. Here’s a snippet from the CNN post

A children’s show host who was born with one hand is facing criticism from parents over her disability. The BBC is receiving complaints about kids’ show host Cerrie ( Read more... )

I saw this video Dancing Chair on Frida Writes and thought of ken for dance, but also as an exercising medium to get people, who can, use their lower body and build up core muscle strength while freeing hands to hold and get things while moving around, say, one’s apartment. I can see lots of problems with it, right now, because I don’t think anyone ( Read more... )

Intense Support For Spurned Kindergartner, Fla. Boy Was Voted Out Of His Class; Reports: Teacher Reassigned, And Boy Has Autism - CBS News

It is very interesting that mainstream media is picking this up finally. CBS has pictures and an interview. Well I really don’t have enough actual information to have a clear opinion, for anyone to even consider ( Read more... )

Slashdot | Amputee Sprinter Wins Olympic Appeal to Compete

“Oscar Pistorius, a 21-year-old South African double-amputee sprinter, has won his appeal filed with the Court of Arbitration for Sport. This overturns a ban imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations, and allows Mr. Pistorius the chance to compete against other able- ( Read more... )