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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Special Olympics fights use of word 'ret*d' |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 18 Sep 2010, 8:56 am
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Replies: 58
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| It's different. n****r was never meant to be a nice word. Mental retardation was meant to be a nice way of saying things and before you called intellectually handicapped people idiots. You might say it is different to say ret*d and person with retardation but I don't agree. Every new name they make... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: NTs should be eliminated? |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 17 Sep 2010, 9:48 pm
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Replies: 35
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| I am against this idea. Eliminating anyone is just wrong and cruel. Also you are not giving NT's a chance if you want to eliminate them. I have plenty of NT's friends who are willing to learn and understand me. I am open to them because they see me as a human being and not a label. If you keep accep... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Special Olympics fights use of word 'ret*d' |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2010, 5:14 pm
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Replies: 58
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| Just little clarification for everyone, Special Olympics Inc and Best Buddies International are working together on the Spread the Word to End the Word Campaign. The word of course is the R-Word. U.S. state governments have also changed their views on the R-Word and have strike it down in legislatio... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Eunice Kennedy Shriver |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2010, 8:46 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,197
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http://www.specialolympics.org/eksday/
The first annual EKS Day is September 25th around globally (Some countries are celebrating before September 25th)!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVQ65JrdZRs[/youtube] |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Explain user name and avatar, please |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 27 Aug 2010, 8:59 am
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Replies: 142
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| My username comes from a character in a book I was writing a few years ago. It was original to a degree but I stop writing the book for many reasons. As for my avatar, I have had many avatars before but my current one is the logo of Special Olympics Project UNIFY. I was an intern for them this summe... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post a youtube video |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 27 Aug 2010, 8:11 am
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Replies: 2,072
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| [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kxoFfDd7TA[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4FMtbUuCVE[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fSdlPSBvBQ[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWPh7qu1adI[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRU3zu7FUlc[... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: aspies in the special olympics? |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 27 Aug 2010, 8:05 am
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Replies: 14
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Special Olympics fights use of word 'ret*d' |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 27 Aug 2010, 7:45 am
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Replies: 58
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| For those who will to continue to use R-word, you will only degraded and discriminated against people with intellectual disabilities like me and yourself. You are degarding those people who have achieved great things in life and proving the preconceptions of people with intellectual disabilities are... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Eunice Kennedy Shriver's Legacy |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2010, 9:05 am
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| http://blog.christianitytoday.com/women/upload/2009/08/800px-Rare_Halo_Display-_Portrait_of_Eunice_Kennedy_Shriver.jpg A speech I wrote for Disability.gov blog for 100 days to ADA at my internship with Special Olympics Project UNIFY. We are here today to celebrate many great achievements. Achieveme... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Who do you think that will win 2010´s Soccer World Cup? |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 10 Jul 2010, 9:00 am
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Replies: 108
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| The Netherlands or Spain for their 1st cup title. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I got an internship for the summer |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2010, 8:03 am
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Replies: 12
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| First week went very well and good for me and the other four interns! Now time to relax and enjoy the weekend! |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I got an internship for the summer |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2010, 8:01 am
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Northeastern292 wrote: Bravo!! ! I must say that internships are the way to go.
Yea if you were also assigned some senior members in SOI to be your lunch partner than it is even better to do! |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I got an internship for the summer |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 05 Jun 2010, 8:00 am
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Asterisp wrote: Good your first day was fun. How many hours per week are you supposed to spend on it?
Around 40 hours is my work week which is not bad since I got used it right away. |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Who do you think that will win 2010´s Soccer World Cup? |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2010, 8:19 pm
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| spain are best on paper but i find for more not lucky enough, i expect a strong performance from ivory coast knocking portugal out or even possibly a shock brazil group stage exit, but i think england will reach semis, italy look old but dangerous and could be an outside contender, however that bei... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: I got an internship for the summer |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2010, 8:09 pm
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Replies: 12
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| Just had my first day of interning and it was great and fun! |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Who's your favourite comedian? |
| JerryHatake |
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Posted: 31 May 2010, 6:34 am
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Replies: 92
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| [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go[/youtube] ^Jeff Dunham^ http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-may-10-2010/clustershag-to-10-downing---hung-parliament ^Jon Stewart^ http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/308736/may-04-2010/the-word---flight-risk ^Michael J. Fox and... |
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