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Tag Archives: Dignity Revolution
Gifts that make a difference
On Monday, the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services held an event with the theme “Family: A Gift that Makes a Difference.” As part of the event at the Massachusetts State House, the department commissioner presented the 2013 Allen Crocker M.D. … Continue reading
We all have rights
Many of you have heard the disturbing news about Bede Vanderhorst, a 16 year old boy with Down syndrome, who was traveling with his parents when they were denied permission to board an American Airlines flight from New Jersey to California … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy
Tagged American Airlines, buses, civil rights, Dignity Revolution, discrimination, Martha Hill, racial segregation, Vanderhorst
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Dignity Shouldn’t Stop at the Operating Room Door
It’s summer time and most people are disengaged from the day to day. That’s a good thing. Rest is a vastly underrated key to a healthy quality of life. But unfortunately, there is rarely any rest for parents who have … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Healthy Athletes
Tagged Dignity Revolution, health, health care, Healthy Athletes, Paul Corby, transplant
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Rise Up Revolutionaries!
Dear fellow Dignity Revolutionaries: We live in a time when any person with a story to tell can tell it. Technology is not the message but the means for the messengers. And our field, more than almost any other, needs … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged advocacy, Akian, Autism, bully, Change.org, Cherry Hill Public Schools, Dignity Revolution, Kelly Altenburg, New Jersey, special needs, Stuart Chaifetz, teacher
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The Dignity Revolution heads to Los Angeles
Our movement announced yesterday that our World Summer Games will be returning to Los Angeles in 2015 after more than forty years! What a thrill it was for me to be at the announcement at the Staples Center in downtown … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 Special Olympics World Games, LA2015
Tagged Apolo Ohno, Bill Shumard, Dignity Revolution, Don Knabe, Donna DeVerona, Dustin Plunkett, Gabrielle Clark, John Naber, LA2015, Loretta Claiborne, Los Angeles, Mayor Villaraigosa, Michelle Kwan, Patrick McClenahan, Rafer Johnson, Rob Freidman, Rosario Marin, Special Olympics World Summer Games, Staples Center, Tim Leweike, Tim Shriver, Tom Peale
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11 Ways you can follow the Games in Athens!
Kalimera! (Good morning in Greek) It’s unbelievable that today is finally the start of the largest international sporting event in the world this year – the Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens 2011! 7,000 athletes from 180 countries are ready … Continue reading
