Isn’t there an old sports adage that goes something like “the best defence is a good offence”? I assert we need to adopt this strategy with our advocacy and awareness raising in Canada as we face the impending arrival of prenatal screening in Canada. I’m so pleased to be a member of...

I’m all for a good news story. Trust me I have been using every search engine, meta tag, and google alert I use to find one. Unfortunately this story (even if this sounds like one on first blush) IT IS NOT. Part of being a writer, advocate and human rights supporter, is being able to...

A Letter from Simon Flint I am abundantly proud to introduce you today to a very talented guest blogger. Now admittedly I may be somewhat biased, as the blogger in question is my 12 year old son Simon Flint. Simon’s class (and I think all elementary school students in Alberta) were asked...

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week in Canada. I am re-visiting an issue I have written about a great deal over the last years. Dual Diagnosis-The Intersection of Disability and Mental Illness. For years clinicians and service providers alike thought that a developmental disabilities and...

For The Love of #$%# Bowling! There is nothing about having Down syndrome that can keep this dancer from kicking some competitor butt at a REGULAR-thats right I said it-Not At ALL Special-National Ballroom Dance competition. Teddy Kremer 29 took first place in the Foxtrot, Tango and Waltz in...