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Policy and Advocacy: Voting Resources
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The SLN has created a Position Statement on Voting. Check it out here! We encourage siblings to support their brothers and sisters with disabilities to vote. Watch our new Voting…
Media: Fasten Your Seatbelt – A Crash Course on Down Syndrome on YouTube
Check this YouTube channel out from Brian Skotko and Susan Levine… -John Fasten Your Seatbelt: A Crash Course on Down Syndrome for Brothers and Sisters by Brian G. Skotko and…
Movie: “Finding Fred” available on Sproutflix
Finding Fred shows the development of love, admiration and enormous devotion between two brothers once separated by the Willowbrook State School, an institution for “children with mental retardation.” The filmmaker…
News: Hearing Voices in the Clutter
By Margaret Carlson- HOUSES, if we look and listen, have secrets to tell us. I didn’t fully understand my parents until I finally faced up to emptying their house. Doing…
Event: FILM SCREENING OF “COWBOY SONG”
Press Release: For Immediate Release FILM SCREENING OF “COWBOY SONG” new film at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA FILMMAKER PRESENT! Thursday, September 27, 2012, 7-9pm Screening to benefit the…
Announcement: Check out “Side by Side: Growing up with a brother or sister with a disability”
From Siblings Australia… If someone in your family has a disability or developmental delay (referred to as a disability in this booklet) this information will help you to understand: the…
News: Autism can have large effects, good and bad, on a disabled child’s siblings
From the Washington Post… -John By: Ranit Mishori One of the least fun moments I recall from my years of growing up with an autistic brother was when he bit me…
Reminder: TODAY (9/4) – The Importance of Including Siblings in Family Future Planning
The Importance of Including Siblings in Family Future Planning Tuesday, September 4, 2012 2:00 to 3:00 PM EDT While the thought of planning for a future after a parent or…
Event: Cowboy Song film screening with Q&A
If you are in the New England area, please consider joining us! Please join us for a benefit screening of COWBOY SONG, and a Q&A with director Marie Regan on…
Announcement: Register for The Arc convention before Sept 3 and save
Register now for The Arc’s 2012 National Convention and International Forum in Washington, D.C. October 25-28 before early registration discounts end September 3. This year, The Arc will be joined…