When bus driver Hue Sze Wei found out that service 173 that he operates will have a #bus featuring #artwork by #students with #IntellectualDisabilities, the 41-year-old was happy to hop on board with the initiative.
He is no stranger to the invasive stares & rude remarks that members of public sometimes have for those with intellectual #disabilities, as he has a son who attended a kindergarten for autistic children.
NAU’s Institute for Human Development is working to provide some of those parents w/better access to supports needed. With funding provided by the #Arizona#DevelopmentalDisabilities Planning Council, Providing #AccessibleTraining and #HomeSupport—PATHS—is developing resources for home visiting programs specifically for adults with #IntellectualDisabilities who have children 5 yrs old & younger.
Anger in #Japan as report reveals children were forcibly sterilised
“The report noted that #sterilisation under the now defunct #eugenics law – which allowed authorities to carry out the procedure on people with #intellectualdisabilities, mental illness or hereditary #disorders to prevent the birth of “inferior” children…”