In the psychology class I peer facilitate for, we had a couple of speakers from the BGSU group, Speaking From Experience, talk to the class about mental illness. The goal of the speakers was to inform students about treating mental illness and learning how to cope with these conditions that often interrupt one’s entire life. […]
A former resident of my hometown, Connor Gifford, has written a book titled America according to Connor Gifford. Gifford, who has Down Syndrome, wrote the book to detail the history of America. According to Gifford, he wrote the book to help people understand the importance of studying history. Gifford believes that a good understanding of […]
After watching “Autism is a World” and reading chapter 11 in the text that deals with Autism, I decided to do some research on Flutie Flakes. Flutie Flakes was a breakfast cereal developed by former Buffalo Bills quarterback Doug Flutie. Flutie created the cereal to help raise money for the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for […]
After watching the CNN documentary, Autism is a World, I came away with a lot of respect for Sue Rubin. Sue’s story was very impressive. One of the neat things I noticed at the end of the film was that Sue was listed as the writer. While the introduction to the documentary made it clear that […]