Judge Christopher McFadden issued an order overturning a jury verdict finding a man guilty of raping and sodomizing a 24-year old woman with Down syndrome, citing as one of his reasons that she had not acted "like a victim." Beyond his apparent judicial incompetence, this ignorant reasoning deserves discipline to restore trust in the Georgia judicial system. Continue Reading
March 12, 2014
Open letter to Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission: Are women with Down syndrome safe in Georgia?
February 20, 2014
Jerry Seinfeld: mocking the “mentally handicapped”? Really?
Tuesday night, I stayed up to catch Jerry Seinfeld be the first stand-up on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. I wish I hadn't. Continue Reading
February 18, 2014
Erecting and tearing down barriers to inclusion
Between attending the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine annual conference one week, celebrating my son's birthday the next, and now preparing to attend the Down Syndrome Affiliates in Action conference, I have a backlog of news headlines I've been meaning to share. Here are some on how measures large and small can impact and include those with Down syndrome and other disabilities: Continue Reading
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