Telling Our Story of Down Syndrome
I mentioned last week that I have been thinking about a response to the controversy over YouTuber Jesse Ridgway’s announcement that his wife chose to terminate her pregnancy due to a…
How The Pitt Gets Disability Right: Realistic Representation in TV Healthcare
I’ve been noticing how The Pitt portrays people with disabilities. As with most everything else, they do a good job. First, there are the disabled patients who come into the…
What do I think about ads, TV shows, and movies that include people with disabilities?
At a recent event, one woman asked me what I think of advertisements that include people with Down syndrome and other visible disabilities. Another man asked me what I think…
What Penny and I Thought About the Champions Movie
I’m a little late to this game (no pun intended), but we watched Champions as a family recently, and we all want to recommend it. (Spoiler alert!) Woody Harrelson plays…
