Distrust, Disrespect, Discrimination My latest round up of news from around the world on the state of Human Rights for citizens with disabilities seems to to chock full of stories about the ways in which these rights are being trampled on. Let me take you first to Texas where 18 year old Ryan...

The Most Disabling Condition. Dr. Anne Snowdon has published her report “Strengthening Communities for Canadian Children with Disabilities”. Commissioned by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, the study concludes that most children with disabilities in Canada are...

Life Saving Transplant Denied As Child has Developmental Disability So much of the work Inclusive Humanity has been engaged in over the last years has been in conjunction with groups and individuals who see how people with disabilities are made vulnerable within the medical community. Groups...

Here is some GOOD NEWS! We have known for a long time that inclusion in schools was good for students with disabilities but we haven’t been very good at talking about why it’s good for students without disabilities. Sure we have extolled the civic and moral benefits of inclusion...

Cheaper, more Accessible Prenatal Screening-Keeping Out that Which is Unwanted. Three major pharmaceutical companies in the US have been vying to bring cost effective prenatal screening tests (using the new protocol of using a single maternal blood sample to prenatally determine Down syndrome...