Advocates for disabled people in Oregon say they’ve won a significant settlement from the state’s largest school district.

I wanted to take a few moments to talk about the businesses and individuals who have supported the inclusion movement over the past few years.

Anyone with a child receiving special education services soon learns that advocating for our children to receive the education to which they are entitled under federal law is an arduous, intensive process

Their work was a clear illustration of the concept that a few committed people can, if fact, change the world.

Earlier this month in Portland, a jury awarded nearly $3 million to a local couple in a "wrongful birth" lawsuit against Legacy's Center for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.

All of this focus on difference has forced into the background an even more important message: We are all more alike than we are different.

The childcare rooms were full of little ones and a great group of volunteers of all ages, and the MESD cafeteria was packed to capacity with 40 parents eager to connect and learn together.

With so much information available in books and online, it can be tough to find the most up-to-date, strength-based information on Down syndrome, and what we can do to help our kids navigate this world.

“I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to be a part of this cohort! Every minute of our meetings was filled with valuable information and important sharing time.”

My brother Daniel was born with Down syndrome when I was 5, and it has led me to some great interactions with people with and without disabilities that I wouldn’t have had otherwise

All of us have the legal right to a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. That means a real education that prepares us for a happy, full and independent life.

The founder of Sri Arunodayam, a home in India for abandoned children with disabilities, recently wrote to the members of the NWDSA Youth Group to thank them for resources the group donated to the home.

In the end it was just green grass and vast, empty buildings. The mass of humanity going about its business; the smell, the bedlam, the shrieks, the love and the drama of human life are gone.