Free Speech vs. Hate Speech
Written by: Dominick at 2:49 am
I try to explain the difference between Free Speech and Hate Speech from the standpoint of disability. This revolves around a Facebook group that was created to promote hate.
Written by: Dominick at 3:12 am
MDA, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, has cut funding for programs that actually help those with a disease covered by MDA. Yet, their CEO gets paid more than the President of the United States. Here is information on this matter.
Written by: Dominick at 2:12 am
Spinal Muscular Atrophy is a degenerative, muscle disease. Researchers are claiming that a cure will come for the disease in a year. They won’t say what a cure will mean for the thousands of adults and children who have SMA.
Written by: Dominick at 2:07 am
This weekend we made $800 towards a Hoyer Lift motor and to help 12for12k.
Written by: Dominick at 1:37 am
It has been a long time in the coming, but we got a van!!! Check it out! It’s not wheelchair accessible…YET!
Written by: Dominick at 10:17 pm
I am of the firm belief that on an individual basis, it does not matter what people think about you. You can’t spend your life worrying about what other people think about you or the way you live. So, do perceptions matter? I’ve come to realize that in some ways, they do. Sure, not on [...]
Written by: Dominick at 7:30 pm
In honor of the proposed bill that Massachusetts wants to pass (under the guise of protecting those who cannot protect themselves – even though there are already laws out there to protect victims ‘disabled or not’ of non-consensual sex acts) that will ban consensual acts involving either those with disabilities or the elderly. You can [...]
Written by: Dominick at 1:04 pm
I’m taking part in Darren Rowse’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge. It’s day one of the blog challenge and the first assignment is called ‘Writing an Elevator Pitch’. If you are interested in finding out about what Darren is doing with this project and what the first assignment is you can check [...]
Written by: Dominick at 4:03 pm
The Muscular Dystrophy Association has been a part of my life since I was four years old. Since so many people are saying those of us with MD should be grateful to the MDA and to Jerry Lewis, I decided to take them up on that offer and write this list. 1. I’m grateful that [...]
Written by: Dominick at 2:13 am
I received an interesting email tonight and I wanted to share it with all of you. It’s from a guy named Mark, who responded to one (or both) of the articles I wrote on Jerry Lewis. This is what Mark had to say: “Get over it. Although you say that you are not defined by [...]
