Remember the Mayberry Road Trip from last summer? Well, I found out this week that the buddy we met on the trip, Noah, was elected to his Junior Prom Court! Great job, Noah!
Nathan will be having his adenotonsillectomy on Monday. Good times! I hope to keep my regular posting schedule next week, but it may consist of lots of hospital photos. 🙂
The “Three Truths, One Lie” question that I asked earlier this week on my Facebook page had a purpose! My blogging friend Sarah asked me for a tiny favor, which was to poll my blog followers and send her the results. You can read more about it over on her blog.
Commenter Cara, who has cerebral palsy, questioned the word choices. Sarah also has cerebral palsy, and she chose the specific wording from published research in an effort to remain neutral.
Have you seen this great video from Dove on beauty? It’s thought provoking and definitely worth a few minutes of your time.
Sarah Kate is playing the role of Harper Lee in a class play on “Famous Alabamians” this morning. I’ve got her in a plain collared shirt, khaki pants, and a bob wig. I think a bottle o’ something and a cigarette would be appropriate props, but probably not approved for the fourth grade. She’s carrying a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird instead.
Did you see this week’s episode of Glee? I didn’t, as I gave up on Glee quite awhile ago, but it’s created quite a stir in the disability community (and in Newtown, Connecticut). It doesn’t sound, from what I’ve read. Did you see it? What did you think?
And finally, pray for Gavin’s family. They are broken and hurting, but blessing us all with their honesty.
Have a great weekend!
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Ok, I’ve written a long comment and now I want to make a disclaimer. 🙂 I’m not commenting on the quality of the storyline. I’m not commenting on “was it a good episode” or not. Nor am I saying it was realistic, or not. Nothing is meant as a commentary on Glee nor the episode overall. I’m specifically addressing the issue: Do I have a problem with the writers having Becky, who has DS, bring a gun to school:
I saw the episode of Glee and I didn’t have a problem with it.
If anything, I thought it showed a respect towards the character. She didn’t just randomly bring a gun to school. The episode showed her dealing with fear: She didn’t want to face life outside of high school. I remember very distinctly having very similar feelings as an adolescent and a conversation I had about it with one of my mentors at the time. So to me, acknowledging that Becky had fears which seemed very possible and appropriate.
Was it extreme that she brought a gun to school? Probably. But I don’t think that it was unreasonable to have it be Becky.
When my sister was in medical school, one of her professors was an advisor for the television show ER. The students used to tell him all the time to please have ER write a DO into the show, to bring visibility to Osteopaths. The Professor said no, you don’t want a DO on the show! At some point, they’ll have to write a storyline that you won’t like, in the name of fiction & drama. And it will portray DOs negatively, and it won’t be what you were looking for.
I don’t think now that all people with DS are going to be carrying guns and unstable. It’s a television show and this isn’t the first time they’ve pushed the envelope. I thought it was, if anything, respectful to include Becky in an edgy storyline. No character is immune! And to me, anything else about the episode aside, that’s a good thing.
I don’t now think not I don’t think now. It makes a difference in what it meant. It doesn’t change how I think of people with DS – I don’t suddenly think of them as violent or unstable.