Riverbend Down Syndrome Parent Support GroupRiverbend Down Syndrome Parent Support Group Web SiteStubborn Is... As Stubborn Does- December 26, 2007 It is interesting, to me, how many people talk about their child's stubborn behavior as if it was part and parcel with having Down syndrome. It isn't. There are many people who are stubborn who do not have Down syndrome. In fact, in some situations being stubborn is seen as a positive trait. I have heard people say that the reason they came out as winners in a situation was because... "I was stubborn and no one was going to push me around." "They thought I would cave, but I was too stubborn to..http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/dec07.html#johnson What is the Home-Based Support Waiver for Children- December 26, 2007 The new Home-Based Support Waiver for Children will be a new Home and Community Based Medicaid Waiver 1915(c) for children with developmental disabilities in Illinois who are at risk of out-of-home placement. The waiver will provide services and supports to participating children to enable their families to keep them at home and avoid residential placement.http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/dec07.html#waiver An All Inclusive Debate - Whether Academic Inclusion Best Serves Students' Social Development- December 26, 2007 Say the word "inclusion" to any parent who has a child with Down syndrome and they will not be able to keep quiet. Whether it is grade school, middle school or high school, every parent has a strong opinion about the positive and negative sides of this hot topic. The main focus of the Down syndrome community has typically been academic inclusion-how children with Down syndrome are "mainstreamed" into curriculums and academic plans. But there is another facet to inclusion which has recently...http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/dec07.html#ndss Theology and Down Syndrome: Reimagining Disability in Late Modernity- December 26, 2007 Complicating salvation: intellectual disability and Down syndrome. Let us further inquire into the complications regarding classical Protestant soteriology from perspectives illuminated by the experience of intellectual disability. From a conservative Protestant point of view, "Persons who are profoundly retarded and have extremely low levels of comprehension are safe within God's saving grace. While the fact of salvation is a mystery in itself, what we do know about God is sufficient to know...http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/dec07.html#yong Judo and Down Syndrome- December 15, 2007 Whether judo in all its aspects is the right sport for people with Down syndrome is a question that is difficult to answer. Certainly if we want to see this question from all point of views. There's a risk factor that can't be ignored even the fact that important rule adaptations are made in order to avoid injuries. Judo is often declared as a combat game and opposites of the sport proclaim that intellectual disabled people should not to be encourage to 'fight'. Even insiders of the sport...http://www.altonweb.com/cs/downsyndrome/judo.html |