Inclusion of People with Intellectual Disabilities is Important

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Jen Thorpe

Does someone in your family have an intellectual disability (ID)? A survey shows that inclusion helps people who do not have intellectual disabilities to accept people who do have them. Personally knowing someone who has ID helps people to move past old stereotypes. A survey was done by Harris Poll on behalf of The Special Olympic International World Games, and in partnership with Shriver Media. The survey was conducted online between July 13 and July 15 of 2015. A total of 2,021 United States adults (ages 18+) took part in the survey. Out of this group, 1,103 were identified as … Continue reading →

More People-Watching (Reading)

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Pam Connell

Last week I wrote about Katherine Heigl’s newly adopted daughter, who is ten months old and was adopted from Korea. The same issue of People which told that story (The October 5 issue) has several other adoption-related stories, like the update on the teenage couple who placed their baby for adoption—and had the process chronicled on MTV’s reality show, 16 and Pregnant. I will summarize that article in my next blog. Two other stories in the issue are relevant to adoption, although not directly about it. The first of these is a profile of a mother and daughter. The 12-year-old … Continue reading →