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Tragedy struck one family as their 35-year-old son with Down syndrome died during his favorite hobby, riding in his car. John Lapointe had the cognitive ability of a 1-year-old. Police found him in the back seat of a Toyota Sienna that’s temperature was 125 degrees. “Let’s just call it what…
In recent years, law enforcement across the country has come under fire for incidents of police brutality, but little attention is being paid to the police-related deaths of people with disabilities. When police officers encounter a person with a disability, they do not have the proper training to handle the…
By Michael Nam On the Irish radio program Newstalk Breakfast, a Catholic bishop expressed some harsh sounding views of gays and gay parents, in particular. The Bishop of Elphin, Kevin Doran, insisted that the ideal model for parenting involved a mother and a father. When pressed on the fact that…
American Airlines Employees Humiliate Family of Boy With Down Syndrome A teenager with Down syndrome is singled out as a flight risk for smiling and playing with a baseball cap. Watch the action on video. Has a group of American Airlines employees at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport identified…