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The R-Word Spiked 200% Online. A Disney Actor With Down Syndrome Made a 91-Second Response Parents Need to See.
...things we stopped doing because we figured out they caused harm. Who Noah Matthews Matofsky Is. Noah is a British actor with Down syndrome. At 15, he was cast as Slightly in Disney's Peter Pan & Wendy (2023), starring alongside Jude Law and Alexander...
Education > Online Learning
Universal Design for Learning: What Parents Need to Know About Accessible Online Education
...determine whether an online platform supports your child's access needs. What UDL Means. Universal Design for Learning is a teaching framework developed by CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology) built on three principles: Multiple means of representation: Information is presented in more than one format....
Social Engagement > Support Groups
Finding Your People: A Complete Guide to Support Groups for Special Needs Families
...you're dealing with rare conditions and need someone who understands the medical nuances, not just the emotional context. Caregiver support groups cast a wider net. These serve anyone providing care: spouses, adult children caring for aging parents with disabilities, extended family members in guardianship...
News > Lifestyle
Disability in Film and TV: A Parent's Guide to Media Representation and Why It Matters
...actor "playing disabled" brings assumptions, stereotypes, and external observation to a role that requires lived experience. When disabled actors are cast, the portrayal includes details only someone with that disability would know: how a wheelchair user navigates a crowded room, what stimming looks like...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Dolphin Tale 2 Combo Pack
...Dolphin Tale was the story of how Winter survived. Now, Dolphin Tale 2 continues on her story and introduces a new dolphin to viewers: Hope. The entire cast returns for this sequel: Harry Connick, Jr. (Dr. Clay Haskett who runs the facility), Nathan Gamble (Sawyer Nelson), Ashley Judd (Sawyer's mother),...
Lifestyle > Recreation
The Big Bang Theory Season 6 on DVD
The Big Bang Theory S6 DVD is out, featuring the cast's escapades, zero-gravity scenes, and behind-the-scenes fun with astronauts.
Lifestyle > Recreation
From Up On Poppy Hill – Combo Pack
...date. Visually stunning with a sensitive story, this movie won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2012. Re-dubbed by an A-list cast, this Special Edition Combo Pack includes both a Blu-ray and a DVD. The story takes place in Yokohama while the country is preparing to host the 1964...
News > Lifestyle
Disney's Robin Hood 40th Anniversary Edition
...story, think again. Disney's Robin Hood is quite a different tale, or maybe I should say tail. This fun animated film has no human characters. The entire cast is animals, and they are so cute you'll forget you're watching animals of all kinds playing the parts in this legendary story. And the voice talent...
Lifestyle > Art
Author Debbie Macomber Talks About Cedar Cove
...said. "So yes, these are books written by women for women about women. But they're relationship books, and that's what's important." With a top-notch cast, that includes Bruce Boxleitner, Dylan Neal, Teryl Rothery, and Barbara Niven, along with Ms. MacDowell, there are plenty of great stories going on...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove on Hallmark Channel
...series. It is perfectly situated on Hallmark Channel, and has appeal for the network's viewers. It's charming, interesting, and filled with a great cast, which includes Bruce Boxleitner, Teryl Rothery, Barbara Niven, and Sarah Smyth. Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove will premier with a 2-hour episode Saturday,...
Lifestyle > Recreation
America's Cutest Cat on Animal Planet
...up, and manage to get themselves into the tightest places. Beginning Saturday, May 4, 2013, Animal Planet's America's Cutest Cats returns with a fun cast of characters, and I do mean characters! These little kitties are adorable and filled with personality. For the contest, there are seven categories,...
Education > Accommodations
The Individual Education Plan
...very severe may slip through the system for years, unnoticed, yet floundering for no apparent reason. Similarly, the severely disabled student may be cast aside with the attitude that nothing the school can do will matter because of the severity of the disability.A request for an assessment and IEP needs...