Tennessee School Crowns Teen with Disability as Homecoming King
Over the past few days, I’ve seen a huge amount of positive and uplifting stories about people being kind to and supportive of each other. This is another amazing one. In Unionville, Tennessee, three nominated homecoming kings decided amongst themselves that the winning king would give the crown to Scotty Maloney, who has the genetic condition Williams Syndrome. This is the second beautifully positive story I’ve seen coming from Tennessee highschools over the past week or so – the first was about a girl with Down Syndrome who was crowned…
Bolivar Student with Down Syndrome Crowned Homecoming Queen
This story just absolutely warms my heart. If only all schools were teaching their students to be so kind and open-minded! Click here to watch the amazing video! The Bolivar High (Bolivar, TN) senior class rallied around this special needs student by voting her to the homecoming court. Kara told News Channel 3 she is happy and excited about the honor. Caleb McKinney, Kara’s escort for homecoming court, says “She makes everybody’s day better and this is just giving back to her I guess because she deserves it.” He says she…
One Armed Cage Fighting Champion has UFC Dreams Crushed
I don’t know much about the UFC or cage fighting, but I’ve recently heard about Nick Newell and his dream of being a UFC fighter. Nick is a young man who was born with just one arm. He is also a cage fighter who has a record of 9 wins and no defeats. For someone with such a disability many people find it hard to believe that he can be so skilled in a sport that requires two hands. Nick also has a wish to become a UFC cage fighter,…
United Airlines employees harrass deaf flyers
I was browsing through Tumblr and stumbled across this saddening story from a member of Legalized Deafies, a Tumblr blog that focuses on deaf-related issues such as politics, audism, technology, education and deaf culture. The story absolutely broke my heart. We often hear stories about racism and prejudices based on size, but rarely about disabilities – and these things happen much more often than we hear about. In the poster’s case, he was traveling from the National Association of the Deaf Convention in Louisville, Kentucky and was blatantly disrespected by…
