Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Some cool PSAs and a video essay on Ds

I'm preparing a short talk on Down syndrome for Nic's 7th grade class this afternoon and have compiled a few PSAs and a beautiful video essay from a sister to a boy with Ds.

Difference is an Artist’s Game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO911lWVGpQ Must see!

More Alike Than Different http://www.ndsccenter.org/

BE A FAN – “R” WORD CAMPAIGN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRUOL5Rm2XY&feature=related

End the R-Word http://www.youtube.com/user/SpecialOlympicsHQ#p/f/9/gXg5Q0dI6nM

The Arc "Respect" PSA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM96e0yWjhI&feature=related

Slideshare show on T21: http://www.slideshare.net/samnham/down-syndrome-born-with-extra-presentation?src=related_normal&rel=661306

3 comments:

  1. Such an awesome collection. I can't wait to hear how it goes! I hope to do the same thing for our school when the time is right but worry that I might be too "close" to the subject or too emotional and scare the kid away :)

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  2. Beautiful information! You are amazing!

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  3. You'll have to tell us more details about how presentation went--what kind of questions kids asked etc.

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