MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'human rights'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:53:42 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159220&cid=t_106476_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F25%2Fthe-situation-of-human-rights%2F Ryan Goodman, Derek Jinks, Andrew Woods,  have recently posted their chapter, “Social Science and Human Rights“   (forthcoming in their edited book, “Understanding Social Action, Promoting Human Rights,” Oxford University Press, 2012) on SSRN * * * Over the last twenty years, the social scientific understanding of human behavior has taken a significant leap forward. Important advances in several fields have increased the complexity and accuracy of prevailing models of individual actors, group dynamics, and communication. Unfortunately, too few of the key insights of that scholarship have been incorporated into the theory or practice of human rights promotion. In this project, we collect research from a broad set of disciplines and analyze its implications for hu... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159220 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:01:00 +0100 5159220 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159633&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F23%2Fa-letter-to-canadians-from-the-honourable-jack-layton%2F August 20, 2011 Toronto, Ontario Dear Friends, Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I want to thank each and every one of you for your thoughtful, inspiring and often beautiful notes, cards and gifts. Your spirit and love have lit up my home, my spirit, [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159633 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:43:59 +0100 5159633 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5103315&cid=t_106476_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F05%2Flatina-week-of-action-for-reproductive-justice%2F This week, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health and other organizations have been observing the second annual Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice: This year’s theme is Caminamos: Justice for Immigrant Women. We’re inviting everyone to join us in moving toward a brighter future for immigrant women and their families. Mean-spirited enforcement, workplace exploitation, and the criminalization of basic rights like education and health care are just a few of the challenges that have forced immigrant women into the shadows and ignored the crucial, positive role we play in our communities. Action items for the week include calling for a review of the 287(g) program and online discussion on the theme, “what’s the real problem behind the targeting of ... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5103315 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:27:53 +0100 5103315 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4852843&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-miUoPAPrsM%2F By George Scoville Please join us this Wednesday, May 25 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern for a Policy Forum with former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty, “Limiting Government: What Washington Can Learn from Minnesota,” with opening remarks from Cato founder and president Edward H. Crane. Governor Pawlenty received an “A” grade on Cato’s biennial “Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors: 2010,” by Cato director of tax policy studies Chris Edwards. Complimentary registration is required of all attendees by noon Eastern tomorrow, Tuesday, May 24–seating is limited and not guaranteed. If you cannot join us in person, please join us on the web for a live video stream of the event. Washington’s use of tax dollars to strong-arm states into ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4852843 Mon, 23 May 2011 14:23:45 +0100 4852843 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4848101&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fthats-just-so-takei.html BTW, the Gay Agenda is, and always has been, to join the United Federation of Planets to get access to all them hot Andorians. (Source: Graphictruth) Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4848101 Fri, 20 May 2011 19:36:00 +0100 4848101 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841444&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FkShohBnGGMw%2F By Ian VasquezA new World Bank working paper by Jean-Pierre Chauffour (author of the Cato book, The Power of Freedom: Uniting Human Rights and Development) finds that freedom is the root cause of development. In contrast to economic, political and civil freedoms, Chauffour finds that “beyond core functions of government. . . the expansion of the state to provide for various entitlements, including so-called economic, social and cultural rights, may not make people richer in the long run and may even make them poorer.” Freedom vs. Entitlements is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841444 Tue, 17 May 2011 16:03:28 +0100 4841444 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841449&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FN95MFU-TZlQ%2F By Christopher PrebleThe news media is abuzz with speculation about what President Obama will say in an address this Thursday at the State Department. The topic is the Middle East, and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney explained, “we’ve gone through a remarkable period in the first several months of this year…in the Middle East and North Africa,” and the president has “some important things to say about how he views the upheaval and how he has approached the U.S. response to the events in the region.” The speech, Carney hinted to reporters, would be “fairly sweeping and comprehensive.” If I were advising the president, I would urge him to say many of the same things that he said in his June 2009 speech in Cairo, this time with some timely references... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841449 Tue, 17 May 2011 13:44:14 +0100 4841449 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696608&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FPkaC9qB_l8c%2F By Daniel J. MitchellI’m not a big fan of the IRS, but usually I blame politicians for America’s corrupt, unfair, and punitive tax system. Sometimes, though, the tax bureaucrats run amok and earn their reputation as America’s most despised bureaucracy. Here’s an example. Earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service proposed a regulation that would force American banks to become deputy tax collectors for foreign governments. Specifically, they would be required to report any interest they pay to accounts held by nonresident aliens (a term used for foreigners who live abroad). The IRS issued this proposal, even though Congress repeatedly has voted not to tax this income because of an understandable desire to attract job-creating capital to the U.S. economy. In oth... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4696608 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:00:46 +0100 4696608 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693272&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FgCEly6uUjxk%2F By David BoazThe government of China finally confirmed that it has detained the artist Ai Weiwei. Meanwhile, Evan Osnos writes from Beijing for the New Yorker about China’s “Big Chill”: Step by step—so quietly, in fact, that the full facts of it can be startling—China has embarked on the most intense crackdown on free expression in years. Overshadowed by news elsewhere in recent weeks, China has been rounding up writers, lawyers, and activists since mid-February, when calls began to circulate for protests inspired by those in the Middle East and North Africa. By now the contours are clear: according to a count by Chinese Human Rights Defenders, an advocacy group, the government has “criminally detained 26 individuals, disappeared more than 30, and put more than 200... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693272 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:59:05 +0100 4693272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4653317&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fet392xf2v9Y%2F By Malou InnocentTonight, to sell the illusion of America's "limited military action" in Libya's civil war, President Barack Obama insisted that America had a moral imperative to intervene militarily, implying he will do so wherever foreign leaders commit atrocities against their people. This latest mission in the name of "humanitarian imperialism" is extremely dangerous. In fact, if all goes well in Libya, it might be just as bad as if we fail. Consider, for instance, if I walked through a wall of fire and came out the other side unharmed. Although I came out safe and sound, my decision to walk through the wall of fire was still misinformed. My good outcome was simply one among a host of potentially terrible outcomes. After all, if I were to walk through that wall of fire again and... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4653317 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:01:33 +0100 4653317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4525145&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F26%2Fresistance-and-recording-history-through-music-in-palestine%2F Songs from a Lost Homeland, which originally aired on Al Jazeera English last year, is in the programming rotation again this weekend. Is there a song in the west right now with even a small percentage of the punch of these musicians? I hope you get a chance to see the entire documentary. There’s another [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4525145 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:46:00 +0100 4525145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4525146&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F26%2Fmusic-of-the-movement%2F One of the first activists’ songs that had any resonance for me was “Where Have All The Flowers Gone?” (1961) and then “Give Peace A Chance” (1969). Dylan’s “Blowin’ In The Wind” (1963) was an anthem, if ever there was one, and I remember making a connection with “One Tin Soldier” in 1969. While grown-ups [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4525146 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 05:29:00 +0100 4525146 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4512574&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F23%2Fas-libya-and-neighbours-seethe-cpt-reports-on-west-bank-demolitions-by-israel%2F CPTnet 23 February 2011 SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Israeli military demolishes village of Amniyr Amniyr, South Hebron Hills, West Bank At 5:00 a.m. yesterday morning, the Israeli army, accompanied by members of the Israeli District Coordinating Office, arrived at the village of Amniyr and demolished five tent-houses, two cisterns and the village’s olive trees. The demolitions [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4512574 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:08:57 +0100 4512574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4495379&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F18%2Fawesome-task-or-perhaps-not-bridging-the-perspective-gap%2F Excerpts from my tweets (and a RT) from early this afternoon: Death by daily repression and near-starvation or death by desperate martyrdom via the State responsible? Your choice? #Bahrain #Libya #Yemen MD from #Bahrain: “Pls, pls, where is the #UN; we need the world; ppl are being killed in the streets!” Ambu’s BLOCKED frm #PearlRoundabout [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4495379 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:06:06 +0100 4495379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489643&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fn2z-AbtOIDs%2F By Daniel J. MitchellForget the Magna Carta and the Constitution. Don't pay attention to the end of slavery. Ignore the defeat of the Nazis or the collapse of the Soviet Empire. If you want a real victory for humanity, European courts have ruled that people have the right to free soccer games on TV. Apparently, people are now "entitled" to anything that is "of major importance" to society. Isn't that just peachy? Europe is slowly collapsing under the weight of the welfare state. Nations such as Greece and Portugal already have reached the point of fiscal collapse. But rather than address these problems, the political elites at the European institutions have decided on a modern-day version of bread and circuses for the masses. Here's a blurb from the Financial Times. European countries are ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489643 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:52:05 +0100 4489643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436900&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F04%2Ffeeling-powerless-so-far-away-from-egypt-help-change-the-canadian-governments-response%2F Like so much of the world I have been transfixed on the dramatic events in Egypt, but feeling a little powerless to help – until I read about the Harper government’s response (which, I guess, we shouldn’t be surprised about)! What follows came from the Canadian Peace Alliance. Stephen Harper backs Mubarak’s ‘transition’ plan Contact [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436900 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:07:26 +0100 4436900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4360961&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fhawc3g-lwJo%2F By Daniel J. MitchellI’m not a big fan of the Internal Revenue Service, but I try not to demonize the bureaucrats because politicians actually deserve most of the blame for America’s complex, unfair, and corrupt tax system. The IRS generally is in the unenviable position of simply trying to enforce very bad laws. But sometimes the IRS runs amok and the agency deserves to be held in contempt by the American people Let’s look at a grotesque example of IRS misbehavior. It deals with a seemingly arcane issue, but it has big implications for the US economy, the rule of law, and human rights. On January 7, the tax-collection bureaucracy proposed a regulation that, if implemented, would force American financial institutions to put foreign tax law above US tax law. Banks would be require... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4360961 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:44:54 +0100 4360961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4275544&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fblog-demonstrations-for-right-to.html Home schooling is not legal, rules Spanish Constitutional CourtJoin the manifestation of blogs and help us spread the words of freedom and solidarity to the home-educating families in Spain. They need your support.Join the blog protest and help defend the right to education outside school in Spain. Wherever you live, add the symbol of protest in your blogs and your link here. If you want you can also share your thoughts on the decision of the Spanish court.LinksTribunal Constitucional Español contra el homeschoolingThis is the end, my friendMás reacciones a la sentencia del Tribunal ConstitucionalLa angustia de educar en casaLa Constitución no es suficienteLa sentencia del TCLa violencia legítima del EstadoSentencia del Tribunal ConstitucionalPrimeras reacciones ante la sentencia del T... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4275544 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:01:00 +0100 4275544 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4230191&cid=t_106476_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F05%2Fthe-situation-of-choosing-a-world-cup-site%2F Qatar has been awarded the 2022 World Cup. Given the mysteries of FIFA (soccer’s world governing body) decision making, I was less sure than most that the United States had this one “in the bag,” despite what the New York Times described as “an apparently superior technical bid.” Still, I was surprised that the pea-sized (okay, Connecticut-sized) Middle Eastern nation got the nod . . . and more than a little disappointed given the human rights record of the country. FIFA was apparently drawn to the idea of the transformative power of football and the notion that a World Cup in Qatar could alter opinions of the Arab world.  According to the head of Qatar’s winning bid, Sheik Mohammed bin Hamad al-Thani, the 2022 World Cup will “present a new image ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4230191 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 04:01:19 +0100 4230191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4220416&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F01%2Fworld-aids-day-2010-by-aless-piper%2F Each writer in this series has generously given me permission to post their work. The views and experiences shared are their own. Where applicable, links will also be provided at the end of the piece. Tony Kushner wrote in the Playwright’s Notes for Act 2 of Angels in America – Perestroika that Harold Bloom translated [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4220416 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:00:10 +0100 4220416 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4023087&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F30%2Fperhaps-my-most-difficult-topic-yet-for-tyler-clementi%2F Let’s talk about suicide! The single-most read entry of this blog – ever – is seeing an up-tick in hits as the one year anniversary of this local tragedy looms large. Today, with the recovery of his body, social media are decrying the suicide, and circumstances behind it, of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi, a [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4023087 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 01:45:05 +0100 4023087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942852&cid=t_106476_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Fnational-dna-database-and-psychiatric-patients%2F There’s a letter by me and Dr Lisa Conlan published yesterday in The Psychiatrist’s eLetters: National DNA database and psychiatric patients The advent of DNA analysis as a powerful tool for crime detection has led to the creation of England and Wales’s National DNA Database (NDNAD). This is one of the world’s largest databases of DNA information, storing profiles of nearly five million individuals (1). We write to raise a concern about the potential impact of this database on people with mental disorders. The NDNAD has long been the subject of scrutiny and criticism with regards to how DNA profiles are collected and retained and from whom. This is because the current regulations on DNA profile collection mean that the NDNAD includes DNA profiles of a larg... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942852 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:47:31 +0100 3942852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3907586&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTo3wPTy-80M%2F By Roger PilonI’ve just sent a short post to ”The Corner” at NRO on the Obama State Department’s new report to the U.N. Human Rights Council on human rights conditions in the U.S.  In a word, we’ve got problems, especially concerning women, minorities, etc., but we’re trying to live up to the expectations of other human rights exemplars on the council — Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Cuba. Read and weep. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3907586 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:41:19 +0100 3907586 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3902884&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FhnFOiq83nwU%2F Earlier this year, Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama signed legislation that threatens U.S. residents with prison if they fail to purchase health insurance. This week, his administration told the United Nations that this legislation shows the United States is making progress on human rights. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3902884 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:57:09 +0100 3902884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3802586&cid=t_106476_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FRSx3foaRw3A%2F Last week, several public interest groups filed a complaint with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights alleging the Obama Administration’s US trade policy violates international human rights obligations. Specifically, the groups charge the White House has used the US Trade Representative’s ‘Special 301′ status toward foreign intellectual property law standards to promote policies that restrict access to affordable medicines (background). We spoke with Sean Flynn, who is the associate director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual at the Washington College of Law, about why this step was taken… Pharmalot: So why was this complaint filed? And why now? The issues raised are not new. Flynn: Here’s the background. After the US Trade Rep’s 2009 ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3802586 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:19:23 +0100 3802586 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3798509&cid=t_106476_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F07%2F28%2Fclinical-ethics-2010-vol-no%2F Title: Consenting futures: professional views on social, clinical and ethical aspects of information feedback to embryo donors in human embryonic stem cell research Skinny: Explores the views, values and practices drawn on by professional staff in assisted conception units and stem cell laboratories in relation to embryo donation for research purposes, particularly human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research, in the UK. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Ethics, Human Fertility, Human Rights, Information Systems, Patient Information Tagged: Clinical Ethics, Clinical Practice, Embryology, Ethics, hESC, Information, Management Information, Stem Cells (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3798509 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:51:50 +0100 3798509 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3729847&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fwomens-rights-iranian-woman-to-be-stoned%2F image via The Huffington Post Let’s face it: The Middle East is a dangerous place to be if you’re a woman. Just last week we learned about innocent women locked up in an Afghanistan prison for fabricated crimes, and today we read on The Huffington Post about an Iranian mother of two who could be stoned to death at any moment. Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani was accused of adultery in 2006 and received a punishment of 99 lashes. Her case was then re-opened, and she was put on trial for the alleged murder of her husband. Even though she was acquitted, the judge handed down her death penalty order – even though there was no evidence. Last week, Amnesty International called for Iran to halt all executions, but the International Committee Against Stoning and the Death Penalty says tha... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3729847 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:51:53 +0100 3729847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3714145&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fshould-aghanistan-be-allowed-to-put-women-in-prison-for-moral-crimes%2F When you think of prison inmates, you probably imagine people who’ve been accused of heinous crimes like murder, armed robbery, or embezzlement, but in Afghanistan, women are jailed for being accused of much less. At the only women’s prison in Afghanistan, at least half the women there are incarcerated under accusations of bad character, and other “moral crimes.” Women are often falsely accused of crimes and jailed because of grudges or vendettas, or merely because their husbands are the ones who accuse them. When one woman’s husband claimed she was an adulteress, she was thrown in prison – all while she was three months pregnant with his child. Putting their wives in jail certainly seems like an easy way for Afghan men to get out of being married and keep w... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3714145 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:50:17 +0100 3714145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3706639&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fempty-handed-birth-control-struggles-for-women-in-uganda%2F The average woman in the United States will give birth to 2.06 children in her lifetime. In Uganda, the average is 6.7 children. Why? Birth control is virtually unavailable in this African nation. That’s not to say Ugandan women don’t want it, however. But even when a pregnancy would be risky to a woman’s health, she has no means of preventing it. A new short film, Empty Handed: Responding to the Demand for Contraceptives shares the plight of these women: Empty Handed from Population Action International on Vimeo. Post from: BlissTree "Empty Handed": Birth Control Struggles for Women In Uganda (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3706639 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:49:20 +0100 3706639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3625728&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F03%2Fclearly-hazel-mccallion-has-been-hanging-around-don-cherry-too-much%2F CBC News – Toronto – Police re-investigate abuse claims in Mississauga. First of all, why is “hazing” not treated as the bodily, sometimes sexual, assault that it clearly is?  Not criminal?  C’mon! Hurricane Hazel’s best-before date has long since passed.  She’s clearly staying on as Mayor only to break some kind of geezer record and [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3625728 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:17:52 +0100 3625728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3610471&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F28%2Fas-seen-on-facebook-from-others-who-like-me-remember-1981%2F Open Letter to Pride Toronto from founders of Pride in 1981 As founding members of the Toronto Lesbian and Gay Pride Day Committee, and people involved in organizing the first Pride event in Toronto at the end of June in 1981, we stand totally opposed to the decision of the current Toronto Pride Committee to [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3610471 Sat, 29 May 2010 01:00:23 +0100 3610471 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3568086&cid=t_106476_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FMqKZK4lf_Ro%2F This article outlines a code of basic human rights applicable to the non-alcoholic. You and your children have the right to: a loving and secure relationship based on healthy mutual dependence; peace and harmony in your home; a stable, secure, and nurturing environment conducive to personal growth and self-discovery; a healthy self-concept, knowing you are worthy, valued, and loved; human dignity; to be respected and treated as an individual human being, and not be put down, demoralized, and dehumanized; not live a life of “always waiting for the other shoe to drop,” never knowing whether it will be a soft slipper or steel-toed work boot; a life free of the fear of emotional terrorism, physical abuse, and constant arguing; a life free of nightmares, day terrors, and insecurity; a life... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3568086 Sun, 16 May 2010 06:10:45 +0100 3568086 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560304&cid=t_106476_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Fsummary-care-record-update%2F There is much rejoicing here at Frontier Psychiatrist HQ as both parties in the new coalition government are committed to abandoning ID cards and the National Identity Register.  And that’s not all – the Contact Point Database is also toast.  Page six of the coalition agreement has actually brought a lump to my throat. However the fight against intrusive and unnecessary state run databases is far from won. Since I posted last about the Summary Care Record it’s become one of the most popular posts on this site.  Here is an update on what’s been going on. As you may remember, the Summary Care Record is part of the NHS National Programme for IT.  It is a national database which makes health records available for healthcare staff to access wherever a patient needs treatment, regard... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560304 Wed, 12 May 2010 18:37:31 +0100 3560304 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3538073&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FEQCaFPBUZ_A%2F By Ilya ShapiroI recently returned from a short vacation — had to get it in before the Supreme Court begins announcing decisions in this year’s big cases and the president nominates a replacement for Justice Stevens — but it seems that I’m a chump for paying for it myself.  While I was gone, the EU’s commissioner for enterprise and industry, one Antonio Tajani, declared that vacationing is a human right, one that ought to be paid for by the taxpayers: Tajani, who unveiled his plan last week at a ministerial conference in Madrid, believes the days when holidays were a luxury have gone. “Travelling for tourism today is a right. The way we spend our holidays is a formidable indicator of our quality of life,” he said. Tajani, who used to be transport commis... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3538073 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:58:41 +0100 3538073 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3522653&cid=t_106476_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2F4DY7BYXZpbQ%2Fmy_solution_to_the_immigration.php Arizona, you are looking ugly. Defenders claim its Draconian measures are a result of the failure of US immigration policy, and I have to agree. Everyone seems to agree on the need for immigration reform, but like the weather, no one wants to do anything about it. The Democrats have a bill, but no one seems to think it will succeed in an election year and may be only window dressing, anyway. The bill puts securing the border first, followed by provisions for fraud-proof identity cards. Bringing up the rear are tough requirements that would allow a path to citizenship for people currently within US borders illegally. I think the Democratic bill is wrongheaded. It has everything backwards. I have a solution. It's simple, but I predict few of you will agree. Read the rest of this post... | ... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3522653 Sat, 01 May 2010 11:43:19 +0100 3522653 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3501537&cid=t_106476_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2F-JGlv9IH50E%2Fpolitical_opponent_accused_of.php I know things are better when I read really weird stories like this one: Earlier today, we told you about a Pennsylvania legislator who accused her primary opponent of pretending to be bisexual in order to get votes from the large LGBT community in her Philadelphia district. At a fundraiser a week ago, state Rep. Babette Josephs (D) told supporters that they couldn't trust her opponent, Gregg Kravitz, not to cheat at the polls. He had lied before, she said. "I outed him as a straight person," she said, "and now he goes around telling people, quote, 'I swing both ways.'" (Rachel Slajda, TPM) Yes, that's right. A politician is accusing her opponent of being secretly straight. I don't know (or care) if Mr. Kravitz is telling the truth about his sexual likes and dislikes. Whether it's a li... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3501537 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:20:22 +0100 3501537 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3435042&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5hgJuiXXzQs%2F By Gabriela Calderon de BurgosOn Monday I wrote about an Ecuadorian court’s sentencing of Emilio Palacio, editor of the opinion section of El Universo, to three years in jail. Since then, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has expressed “profound concern” about the prison sentence for Palacio, and the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have strongly condemned it. Op-ed writers from leading national newspapers have signed a statement condemning the court’s decision. This statement was published in El Comercio, El Universo, Diario HOY and La Hora. So far 47 columnists have signed on. See an updated list here of those of us who express our solidarity with the accused journalist. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3435042 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:52:28 +0100 3435042 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3408455&cid=t_106476_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Fno2id-newsletter%2F The article I wrote on the Summary Care Record has been featured in the no2id newsletter number 145. NO2ID is the UK-wide, non-partisan campaign opposing the government’s National Identity Scheme (’ID cards’) and the database state and is an organisation I support.  If you wish you can donate to them here If you enjoyed this post you can buy me a coffee! (Source: ) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3408455 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:02:44 +0100 3408455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374333&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F16%2Funearthing-one-of-my-early-newspaper-appearances%2F   After the cathartic experience here this morning of again recalling Craig’s struggles, in the early days of his ministry, I was remembering some of what was going on in my life 700 km away from Craig.  In the raucous days of an Ontario Human Rights Code amendment debate, giving gays and lesbians protection in the [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374333 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:02:00 +0100 3374333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362443&cid=t_106476_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Fnhs-summary-care-record%2F People living in London and four other strategic health authorities are currently receiving information in the post about the rollout of the NHS Summary Care Record (SCR) system.  SCR is part of the NHS Care Records System, a large UK government IT project which aims for more effective sharing of patient records between NHS services.  When the system is in full swing, NHS staff in Newcastle (say) will be able to access the medical records of someone requiring care whose residence and GP is in Penzance.  The SCR will initially contain records of such things as medications and allergies, but may eventually become more detailed and also allow access to specialists’ letters and scans. Controversy about this centralised system has been rumbling on for some time and before you read further ... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362443 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:33:54 +0100 3362443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306826&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQeZLx8BeJR0%2F By Ian VasquezA report (PDF) released today by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemns in well documented form the growing violation of human rights under the regime of Hugo Chavez. The 302-page study is yet another confirmation of the multitude of ways in which individuals, NGOs, union leaders, politicians, activists, businessmen, students, judges, the media and others who disagree with Venezuelan government policies are targeted by the government and its supporters through intimidation, arbitrary use of administrative and criminal law, and sometimes violence and homicide. Among the many cases it documents, the report describes how the government last year shut down a publicity campaign in defense of private property run by our colleagues at the free-market think tank CEDIC... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306826 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:44:59 +0100 3306826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3291982&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D372 Do yourself a huge favor, and invest the 22 minutes to watch and listen to this Ted Talk by Aimee Mullins about facing adversity. Carefully consider her message, and the potential impact of adaptation - you might just gain new perspective on “disability” along the way too. My favorite quotes from the talk: “We have to make sure that we don’t put the first brick in a wall that will acutally disable someone. Perhaps the existing model of only looking at what is broken in you and how do we fix it, serves to be more disabling to the individual than the pathology itself.” “Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.” “I think the greatest adversity that we’ve created for ourselves is this idea of normalcy. Who... Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3291982 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:47:56 +0100 3291982 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3276013&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D371 There’s an interesting discussion going on. By now, many are aware of the proposed changes the DSM for autism that will subsume Asperger’s and PDD-NOS. Some have expressed the view that this is a good thing, yet others seem to feign agreement while also expressing some degree of contempt. Amidst the apparent concerns of a few, there are voices focused on the ethical and human rights implications of opposing the DSM changes. Particularly, please read Angry Aspies, Please Go Away by Bev over at Square 8. On a side note: I know Bev to be a person who diligently promotes acceptance and human rights for all autistic people, and she’s apparently an early adopter of the pending new definition - she’s already changed the title of her blog and description of its purpo... Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3276013 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:32:10 +0100 3276013 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3272893&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FoNbEv1aIZFs%2F By Daniel J. MitchellIn a rational world, Switzerland would be a role model for other nations. It is quite prosperous thanks largely to a modest burden of government. There is remarkable ethnic and religoius diversity, but virtually no tension because power is decentralized (sort of what America’s Founders envisioned for the United States). Yet despite these — and many other — attractive features, Switzerland is being persecuted because of strong human rights laws that protect financial privacy. Money-hungry politicians from other nations resent Swtizerland’s attractive policies, and they would rather trample Swiss sovereignty rather than fix their own oppressive tax laws. An official from the Swiss Bankers Association provides some background in a New York Times co... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3272893 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:06:43 +0100 3272893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3254633&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fdorset-parents-sign-petition-against.html Andrew and his wife Mary-Clare teach their 15-year-old twins at home.Andrew: “If they were able to interview the child separately from a parent that would be completely wrong. It would not normally be the case that anybody in authority would be able to interview a child without a parent present. Police interviewing a crime wouldn’t be able to.”Mary-Clare: “If you choose to home educate you feel you can do a better job. We wanted our children to learn things when they were ready and in their own time. It’s more natural.”Read more...Some comments are also worth reading, like this one:This Bill reverses the assumption of innocence in English Law, giving the authorities powers to enter law abiding family homes. If this legislation goes ahead it will well and truly open the flood ga... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3254633 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:40:00 +0100 3254633 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236015&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Four-children-have-been-nationalised.html Gerald Warner reckons that the German homeschoolers' political asylum in America exposes the EU Gulag:Why did the German homeschoolers not seek political asylum in Britain? Because our rulers subscribe to the same tyrannical statist philosophy, is the answer. Every possible obstacle is put in the way of homeschooling parents in Britain.The mentality is that the state – not parents – is the natural controller and shaper of children’s lives and beliefs. When a schoolgirl can be given an abortion without her parents’ knowledge, we know that, while public utilities may have been privatised, children have been nationalised. Read more...ALSO on the news: One of the growing number of children who are being taught at home, for Archie there will be no dreaded Sats exams and when the time is... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236015 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:57:00 +0100 3236015 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3220686&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D368 Liz over at I Speak Of Dreams is keeping a list of several blog responses. Visit the following link for more: tinyurl.com/yz3vpor (Source: Autism Street) Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3220686 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:32:14 +0100 3220686 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212514&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fhomeschooling-family-granted-political.html “This decision finally recognizes that German homeschoolers are a specific social group that is being persecuted by a Western democracy,” said Mike Donnelly, staff attorney and director of international relations for Home School Legal Defense Associaton. “It is embarrassing for Germany, since a Western nation should uphold basic human rights, which include allowing parents to raise and educate their own children. This judge understood the case perfectly, and he called Germany out. We hope this decision will cause Germany to stop persecuting homeschoolers,” he added.Read more here. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212514 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:18:00 +0100 3212514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200420&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F7LjzmN67R6o%2F By Daniel J. MitchellA Swiss court just threw a wrench in the gears of an IRS effort to impose bad U.S. tax law on an extraterritorial basis, ruling that Switzerland-based UBS does not have to hand over data to the American tax authorities. This ruling nullifies an agreement that the Swiss government was coerced into making with the U.S. government last year. In typical arrogant fashion, the IRS already has indicated that it still expects acquiescence, notwithstanding Switzerland’s strong human rights policy on personal privacy. The Bloomberg story excerpted below has the details, but it’s worth noting that this entire fight exists solely because the Internal Revenue Code imposes double taxation on income that is saved and invested, and imposes that bad policy on economic acti... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200420 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:51:33 +0100 3200420 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189220&cid=t_106476_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Fletter-to-forth-ie%2F Here is a letter I wrote to forth.ie Sir, On 7 December I wrote an opinion for this site about the launch of identity cards in Manchester. I received one comment, from Joan Burton, who wrote: “It’s a cliche but a true one – if you’ve done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear.” One of the problems about the current UK government’s overarching surveillance project has been a lack of debate, both publically and in parliament, so I welcome any engagement with these issues.  I have heard the above sentiment voiced before and I address it here to provide clarification and, I hope on Ms Burton’s part, reevaluation. Public protection from criminal activities is a key responsibility of the state but this should not allow the state whatever means it wishes in the pursuit of this... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189220 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:10:23 +0100 3189220 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3172145&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fnh-home-schoolers-protest.html "New Hampshire home educators protesting proposed government regulations making NH the most difficult state to home school. It is a short account of why these ordinary families came out in frigid New England weather to voice their concerns to the New Hampshire legislature. A suprising mix of people with differing political, religious and social views gathered in a unified stance against their representatives." (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3172145 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:13:00 +0100 3172145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159925&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fhome-education-and-children-schools-and.html * The Guardian, Monday 11 January 2010We believe that schedule 1 of the children, schools and families bill represents an unacceptable imposition of state control over families. Although it is aimed at children educated outside the school system, it has implications for all families.Most parents would not make home-based education their first choice; but any family might need it if school seriously failed their child. Currently, this choice is lawfully available to all parents. If enacted, the bill would – for the first time – transfer responsibility for a child's education from the parents to the state. We believe this is a matter which should be of great concern to everyone.A change in the law is unnecessary. Parents are already required by law to provide an education suitable to the... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159925 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:53:00 +0100 3159925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3153559&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fhomeschooling-couple-arrested-for-not.html In a move designed to send a message to parents, a New York couple were arrested and ticketed for homeschooling their children and failing to register their them with the school district. Read more here.Watch more on the same story here. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3153559 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:42:00 +0100 3153559 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3146153&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fhome-ed-voices-from-cotswold.html "The Government wants to change the law so that inspectors can come into our own homes, test our children and interview them on their own. We are being made criminal in our own country." "I have home educated my 14 and 22 year old from scratch with no interference from the state. My eldest gained a first class honours degree from Imperial College in Computing and Maths and now has an excellent job with a local games development company.""Quite a lot of children are withdrawn from school because they have learning difficulties that the school cannot deal with and some because they have been abused and bullied by other school children. Without the freedom to home educate these children would have a very unhappy childhood."Read it here. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3146153 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:05:00 +0100 3146153 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3137617&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D362 I’d written long ago about my take on the Queen song, “Under Pressure“. I still love that song, and crank it up when I hear it. To me, it communicates the weight of acceptance in society for many. I ran across this video  from the guys at Tranquil sometime last year while surfing the web. Sure, it’s a rough take (and admittedly so by them) in spots, but I love the song (and their cover), and I dig the basement collaboration. If you have a favorite song about acceptance, please mention it in the comments. (Source: Autism Street) Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3137617 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:39:32 +0100 3137617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3136680&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fhome-ed-news-links.html North-East and North Yorkshire parents fighting a town hall crackdown if they choose to educate their children at home have won support from MPs after an investigation. Read it here.South Yorkshire parents who educate their children at home gathered in Sheffield city centre as part of a national protest against proposed 'big brother' reforms which could become law next year. More here.In Northumberland, MP joins condemnation of home-education red tape. Read it here. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3136680 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:50:00 +0100 3136680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3124520&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FLfxzgi2aHi8%2F By David BoazThree years ago a Washington Post editorial conceded: “Sometimes libertarians deserve to win an argument.” “Gee, thanks,” I wrote at the time. ”I’m glad libertarian arguments against over-regulation made sense to the editorial writer in this case. But I’m disappointed in the suggestion that this is a rare occasion.” After all, libertarians and Post editorial writers no doubt agree on a lot of basic principles – private property, markets, the rule of law, limited constitutional government, religious toleration, equality under the law, a society based on merit and contract not status, free speech, free trade, individual rights, peace — though of course we disagree a lot over just how closely public policy should adhe... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3124520 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:25:13 +0100 3124520 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092865&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fselect-committee-criticises-plans-to.html The Select Committee Report is now available here. Pdf version here.Balls's plans for home education should be scaled back, Sheerman says. Select committee criticises plans to monitor home-educating families as 'too aggressive'. Read it here.Change urged for home-school plan - Parents who choose to home-school their child should not be forced to register with their local council, a cross-party group of MPs has said. More here...More parents 'educating children at home' - Growing numbers of parents are shunning state schools to educate their children at home, according to MPs. Here.The Big Question: Should the parents of home-schooled children be forced to register? - Why are we asking this now? A report by the House of Commons Select Committee covering education, published this morning, is... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092865 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:01:00 +0100 3092865 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3082571&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fthoughts-on-home-ed-bill.html Jo Coulter, who educates her child at home, said: “I am absolutely horrified at the thought that in the name of child protection, thousands of children in my country would be subjected to this degree of exposure to strangers, within their own homes. Such treatment I thought was reserved for those suspected of committing a crime. Indeed, why stop at home educating families? Why not extend these measures throughout the land to cover all homes? After all, if school children only spend around seven hours a day in school, this leaves them out of ‘school protection’ for nearly seventeen hours a day, on week days, forty-eight hours at the weekend and many more over holidays. Indeed it is questionable if children are at all safe anywhere, even when they are in school. It is deeply offensive... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3082571 Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:57:00 +0100 3082571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075711&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fhome-educators-in-record-petition-of.html They call on England's ministers not to go ahead with plans for a register or with proposals for council officials to be given new powers to enter homes. Ministers say the reforms will check children are "safe and learning". Read it here.In South Devon, home educators unite to fight new legislation and protect their civil liberties. Leaf Lovejoy, who is educating two of her three children at home, said: "This new legislation flies in the face of what home education is. It's completely absurd and would extend centralised control over parents and children. It would be an attack on our civil liberties. What this legislation proposes to do is to reverse what's existing now. At present the state reports to parents. That's what Ofsted reports are about. Under the new l... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075711 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:00:00 +0100 3075711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075595&cid=t_106476_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Fbritain-introduces-identity-cards-in-manchester%2F This article originally published on Forth.ie *** nb: this article first published on Forth.ie where someone commented: ‘It’s a cliche but a true one – if you’ve done nothing wrong you have nothing to fear’ Before you settle into this state of mind, ask yourself this question – what is not justified by this line of reasoning?  Then listen to this song.  no2id PSB microsite.  Fundamental on Amazon If you enjoyed this post you can buy me a coffee! (Source: ) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075595 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:01:44 +0100 3075595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3071415&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fmass-petitions-against-home-education.html A total of 74 MPs from across the three main parties are set to present more than 120 petitions containing thousands of signatures to Parliament tonight (Tue) opposing Government plans to bring in strict registration and monitoring of home educated children, thanks to Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart. The mass presentation will break the record for the number of petitions presented to Parliament on a single issue on any one day. The previous record was 44 petitions presented on 28 March 2006 against cuts and closures to community hospitals. Read it here. Also on Press Association and Wales Online.Here's the link to the petition presentations.Starts at 7 hrs 52 mins in!Here, we read that dozens of MPs lined up to deliver petitions from constituents urging the government not to go ah... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3071415 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:26:00 +0100 3071415 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3063420&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F12%2Fhome-educating-parents-bullied-by.html Miscarriage of justice in Australia (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3063420 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:08:00 +0100 3063420 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3039980&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F30%2F2774%2F Tomorrow, December 1, is World AIDS Day. Let us remember that HIV/AIDS remains an issue the world over 364 other days of the year. Promising treatments have extended the survival of people in the wealthiest nations of the world but, where available, are only starting to have an effect in poorer nations. Canada’s promise to make [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3039980 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:19:52 +0100 3039980 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3039959&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fnow-we-must-undergo-criminal-records.html Parents who teach their own children at home must undergo criminal records checks, say Government education inspectors.Read more Parents and children are speaking out against proposed changes to the home education system which could see youngsters cross-examined for hours on end. A petition was handed over to MP for Lincoln criticising the Badman Review which called for stricter regulation of home schooled children.Read more (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3039959 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:54:00 +0100 3039959 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3037054&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fhome-ed-news-round.html PARENTS who educate their children at home say the government is trying to introduce draconian new laws to interfere in family life. More here...PARENTS protesting against government proposals to impose strict rules which will regulate home education are preparing to hand in petitions to parliament opposing the plans. Read it here.Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many staff are engaged (a) full-time and (b) part-time on handling responses to his Department's consultation on Home education-registration and monitoring proposals. From here.Brushing off labels such as "hippie" and "religious nut", and debunking the socialisation myth, Nicola Pye followed natural progression and took a stand for freedom to home-school her children. Re... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3037054 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:26:00 +0100 3037054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3017184&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fmp-to-receive-petition-over-home.html YEOVIL MP David Laws will this morning receive a petition from families across his constituency protesting against draft legislation regulating home education. Read more... (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3017184 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:56:00 +0100 3017184 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3008310&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fdeclaration-to-parliament-notice-of_18.html TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERNWHEREAS the recommendations of the GRAHAM BADMAN REVIEW OF ELECTIVE HOME EDUCATION have been accepted in full by the Secretary of State.AND that these grossly disproportionate recommendations hold serious implications for the civil liberties of parents, children and families in this country.AND that these recommendations place primary responsibility for assessing the suitability of education and the welfare of the child on the state, rather than the parent - with no prior evidence that either is unsatisfactory prior to this grossly intrusive intervention.AND that the recommendations of the review assumes that the home is an inherently unsafe or unhealthy place for the child to be.AND that these recommendations undermine the role of the parent and trample over family f... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3008310 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:07:00 +0100 3008310 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3008311&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fdeclaration-to-parliament-notice-of.html Here, there and everywhere...To find out more, go to:Home education forumsFreedom in educationMaire StaffordshireBlogdialkelly green and goldRenegade Parent (more here)AHEDBillysu'sNineteenthlyLearning Freely NetworkThen UKEnsino Doméstico - Educação Domiciliar (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3008311 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:47:00 +0100 3008311 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3008075&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTEziLo8Q570%2F Human Rights Watch has just released a lengthy report detailing the constant and blatant abuses of human rights and basic individual freedoms in Cuba under the rule of Raul Castro. Some hoped that the timid economic reforms announced by the “younger” Castro brother, when he assumed the official leadership of the geriatric regime, would constitute the opening salvos toward a more open and freer Cuba. However, a few of us spotted cracks in that fairy tale early on. The recent beatings of Yoani Sánchez and other independent bloggers (described here by my colleague Ian Vásquez) are a clear reminder that, in Cuba, it’s business as usual under the Castro brothers’ rule. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3008075 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:30:27 +0100 3008075 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999508&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FA4DDT0pXBF4%2F In a new Policy Analysis, Cato Research Fellow Jason Kuznicki examines the ongoing threats to free speech both at home and around the world, from hate-speech laws in the United Kingdom and Canada and university speech codes in the United States, to the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam: The result is not more happiness, but a race to the bottom, in which aggrieved groups compete endlessly with one another for a slice of government power. Philosopher Robert Nozick once observed that utilitarianism is hard-pressed to banish what he termed utility monsters—that is, individuals who take inordinate satisfaction from acts that displease others. Arguing about who hurt whose feelings worse, and about who needs more soothing than whom, seems designed to discover—or create—utility mon... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999508 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:26:33 +0100 2999508 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2947091&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F30%2Fwould-you-help-cutting-and-pasting-is-mostly-all-thats-required%2F Except for the first paragraph, which I wrote, this letter is available for you to cut and paste here at http://www.essentialmedicine.org/add-your-voice/camr/ Don’t worry about the October 23 deadline having passed. The bill is only at the committee stage. Here’s my letter: Dear Legislator, As a Canadian living with HIV for the last 20 years I [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2947091 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:49:58 +0100 2947091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2912389&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fevangelical-need-monitoring-eheing.html BBC slurs evangelicals in home school debateSome evangelical parents need monitoring by the state because they may ‘intimidate’ their children with ideas about God, sin and hell, a BBC radio host has said.Tough lesson for home-educatorsKarl Meyer, from Cambridge Home Educating Families (Chef), said it was "a bizarre logic" to suggest that a parent who wanted to spend time with his or her child was someone to be questioned and queried. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2912389 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:09:00 +0100 2912389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2912164&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6G5ixTDG44M%2F That’s today’s Arena question over at Politico. My response: This morning, both Bret Stephens, in the Wall Street Journal, and Mona Charen, at Real Clear Politics, catalogue Obama’s silence on human rights — China, Tibet, Sudan, Iran, Burma, Honduras — and his backpedaling from his campaign rhetoric. Meanwhile, Eric Posner, at the Volokh Conspiracy, rightly credits Obama for, among other things, not backing the Goldstone Report and pressuring Spain to water down its undemocratic “universal jurisdiction” statute, even as he condemns the administration, again rightly, for its decision to join “the comically named U.N. Human Rights Council,” bastion of some of the world’s worst human rights abusers. What’s missing, it seems, is... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2912164 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:46:44 +0100 2912164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2901792&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Funcorrected-transcript-of-oral-evidence.html on EHE given by Graham Badman, Ms Diana Johnson and Penny Jones to the CSF Committee on Mon 12/10/09 available here. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2901792 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:15:00 +0100 2901792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2894702&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fhome-educators-mass-lobby-of-parliament.html From here: [Two days ago,] over 450 Home Educators and many supporters lobbied parliament today to protest against the Review of Elective Home Education chaired by Graham Badman. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2894702 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:35:00 +0100 2894702 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2894703&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fhome-ed-latest-news.html Home educators' worry at register It is not known how many children in England are home educatedPeople who educate their children at home rather than sending them to school say they against having to register annually with local authorities.Worthing home school families join campaign against new rulesPARENTS and their children from Worthing joined a campaign against government proposals to change the rules around home education.Don't intrude, say parents who educate children at homeHome educators tell MPs they do not want home visits from local authorities, as recommended by a government review.Home education vs. the bully-boy stateThe presumption of guilt is eating it`s way into our lives: Home Education is the latest victim. As a parent you are a suspect in the crusade against child ab... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2894703 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:01:00 +0100 2894703 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2882971&cid=t_106476_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F12%2Fthe-human-fertilisation-embryology-act-1990-disclosure-of-identifying-information-for-research-regulations-for-consultation%2F Title: The Human Fertilisation & Embryology Act 1990: disclosure of identifying information for research: regulations for consultation Skinny: Second consultation on the regulations to establish a procedure for authorising the disclosure of identifying information held by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, for research purposes, where it is not practicable to obtain consent to the disclosure from the persons to whom the information relates. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 26p Published: 08/10/2009 Posted in Data Protection, Grey Literature, Human Rights, NHS Tagged: Consent, Data Protection, Grey Literature, Human Fertility, Identification, Regulations (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2882971 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:29:04 +0100 2882971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871933&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Ffrench-police-grabs-home-ed-kids-on.html Four children of a family that fled Germany to avoid further fines for homeschooling have been snatched from their home in France by police and accused of "being alone," according to a report today on the ongoing war against home education across the Continent. Read it here. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871933 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:12:00 +0100 2871933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2846565&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fhome-schooling-best-for-us.html HOME school families from across the Island gathered in Newport to raise concerns about a national review. Read more... (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2846565 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:23:00 +0100 2846565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2834398&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fcame-across-this-on-youtube.html (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2834398 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:11:00 +0100 2834398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2807807&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fnot-back-to-school-picnic-news.html Picnics celebrate home education: a nationwide event has been staged by the supporters of home education to highlight its benefits. Around 40 picnics were held in locations across England, including Kent, Sussex and Surrey. Read it here.BRISTOL families who educate their children at home met for a picnic yesterday as part of a nationwide campaign to challenge people's views of home schooling. More here.OXFORD home schooled children and their parents came to the centre to protest against a Government review they said threatens to burst their bubble. Read it here.On BBC Radio Oxford there's an interview with a local home edder and her teenage daughter - listen here (29mns on).CAMBRIDGESHIRE: Hundreds of children are educated 'otherwise than at school' be it in a structured school at home set... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2807807 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:29:00 +0100 2807807 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2793362&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fprotest-at-inspections-for-children.html Thousands of parents are prepared to go to court over plans to limit home schooling.Read it here. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2793362 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:11:00 +0100 2793362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2772527&cid=t_106476_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FQHJ8ozKA46Y%2Flabor_day_and_the_ordinary_man.php Today is a federal holiday in the United States, the one we call "Labor Day." In most countries the labor movement celebrates on May 1 (May Day), but the origin of the US holiday ironically was in Canada where the fight for the nine-hour working day in the 1870s was celebrated at the end of summer. American labor leader Peter J. McGuire saw one of these celebrations and organized the first one in New York in 1882. After US soldiers and marshals put down a peaceful strike at the Pullman plant in bloody fashion in 1894, a fear of escalating labor unrest (the depression of 1893 was in full swing) led Grover Cleveland and a terrified Congress to make Labor Day a federal holiday, thereby separating it from the international workers' day in May and throwing a sop to labor. By law, it is always... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2772527 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:16:28 +0100 2772527 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2765957&cid=t_106476_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F04%2Fpoverty-inequality-and-human-rights%2F Title: Poverty, inequality and human rights (Executive Summary) The Skinny: Using international experience this report focus’ on how human rights have been used to understand poverty; how communities experiencing poverty use human rights to act against injustice, build alliances between disparate groups, and articulate their conditions and claims; the tools that communities and their allies use to hold the state accountable for its human rights obligations; how human rights have been implemented in practice in anti-poverty work by governments and other organisations; and lessons for integrating human rights and anti-poverty work in the UK. Publisher: Joseph Rowntree Foundation Size of Publication: 61p (4p) Published: 03/09/2009 Posted in Deprivation, Grey Literature, Health Beli... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2765957 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:04:59 +0100 2765957 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2744263&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fstate-could-take-custody-of-teen.html The real issue is the right of parents to control the upbringing of their childrenA critical hearing is scheduled in Germany in that nations' war against homeschoolers to determine whether a family can continue to control the education of its high-performing son, 14.Read more... (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2744263 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:56:00 +0100 2744263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2716159&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fresponse-to-report-on-review-of-ehe-in.html Education Otherwise has just uploaded the 4th videos on their Youtube Channel."On 11th June Graham Badman published a Report on his Review into Elective Home Education and the Government responded immediately, accepting the Report's recommendations in full. Education Otherwise responded by calling the Report "unreasonable and disproportionate" . In the fourth video in the series, EO Trustee Ann Newstead highlights some of the main concerns with the Report, and some home educators give their reaction." (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2716159 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:56:00 +0100 2716159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712074&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FMWlhBvDlNOM%2F The Washington Post reports that despite reports of widespread violence and human rights abuses since Mexico increased its fight against the drug trade, the U.S. government is considering pumping more money to their failing efforts: The Obama administration has concluded that Mexico is working hard to protect human rights while its army and police battle the drug cartels, paving the way for the release of millions of dollars in additional federal aid. The Merida Initiative, a three-year, $1.4 billion assistance program passed by Congress to help Mexico fight drug trafficking, requires the State Department to state that the country is taking steps to protect human rights and to punish police officers and soldiers who violate civil guarantees. Congress may withhold 15 percent of the annual ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2712074 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:47:08 +0100 2712074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2786074&cid=t_106476_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Fcontactpoint-money-in-exactly-the-wrong-place%2F I’m learning guitar.  Recently I went to visit Alex, my tutor, and briefly overlapped with the student who was before me; he’s a pleasant young man of perhaps 10 years old.  Also in the room was his father.  He looked a bit glum.  I assumed that this man was simply there, somewhat begrudgingly, to collect his son but Alex said that he routinely sits in for the duration of his son’s lessons.  Apparently this is common practice amongst parents these days. The parents of Alex’s students aren’t prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he’s not a paedophile.   I was surprised by this initially, but then when I thought about it some more I was surprised that I had been surprised, because the risk of an abuser taking advantage of one’s child is now one th... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2786074 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:15:03 +0100 2786074 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2703933&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Finspecting-home-educators-is-fair.html By Ravi Chandiramani, EditorGraham Badman's review of home education has created an unrivalled storm of protest on CYP Now's online discussion forums in the past couple of months. Scores of parents are livid at his proposals.Unfortunately for them, the government has said it will implement these in full. Mindful however of the army of home educators opposed to interference from the state, the Department for Children, Schools and Families has put them out to a public consultation first.Badman's recommendations would mean parents who choose to educate their children from home become regulated like never before. Chief among the proposals are a compulsory registration scheme; annual statements outlining parents' educational approach and objectives for the coming year; and the right for local a... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2703933 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:17:00 +0100 2703933 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2683964&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fwho-shall-guard-guardians.html I can only speak for myself, to be sure, but it seems to me that anyone with any sense of history and the slightest degree of rational paranoia felt a distinct chill when Bush announced the formation of The Department of Homeland Security, with it's eerie resonance to the Fascist "Fatherland" and the Stalinist "Motherland."Note that both Stalinist and Fascist states have one thing in common - a certain disdain for human rights and dignity when any particular person or idea is thought to be a threat to the state, for whatever reason, by whatever pinhead happens to be wearing the jackboots.It was no real surprise to me that the response of Homeland Security was lackadaisical in response to Hurricane Katrina, or that in absorbing FEMA (which was arguably one of the two most competent agencies... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2683964 Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:53:00 +0100 2683964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2667630&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fschoolhouse-press-release.html Ms Preuss, spokes person for Scotland's national home education support organisation, said:"It will be a sad day for English citizens if they are to be persecuted for choosing to care for and educate their own children in accordance with a long established legal right. If MPs do not reject these draconian proposals when they come before the UK Parliament, Schoolhouse anticipates an influx of home educating refugees from south of the border. England's loss will be Scotland's gain as we have plenty of room for well educated, motivated and enterprising people who place the same high value on freedom that we do."Read it here. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2667630 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:10:00 +0100 2667630 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2662615&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fin-governments-hands.html Last week, British homeschoolers were alarmed to find that the British Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families accept a report on British education created by Graham Badman, a former Managing Director of Children, Families and Education in the County of Kent.The report recommended that the national government forcibly register all children that are not attending class in state schools and also suggested a mandate that homeschools be further regulated. Additionally, it was recommended that the state assume the power to enter the private homes of homeschooled children in order to make sure that government strictures are being observed.The underlying source by which Badman claims legitimacy for his report is the UNCRC. According to the Home School Legal Defense Association here ... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2662615 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:49:00 +0100 2662615 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2662616&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fend-for-home-education.html (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2662616 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:52:00 +0100 2662616 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2662617&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fhome-schooling-under-government-attack.html (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2662617 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:48:00 +0100 2662617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2660884&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fgary-mckinnon-to-be-extradited.html Today, the National Autistic Society expressed great disappointment at the High Court decision that Gary McKinnon, a man with Asperger syndrome accused of hacking into US Government computer systems, should be extradited to the US.More here...You can watch an interview with McKinnon here.FREE GARY MCKINNON (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2660884 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:13:00 +0100 2660884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2645490&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fdo-parents-have-right-to-educate.html News from the U.S.A.: "A crucial question will soon face parents if present United Nations initiatives gain acceptance in the United States: Who inherently has the right to educate your child, the state or the parent?"More here... (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2645490 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:52:00 +0100 2645490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2634616&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F23%2Fenough-with-the-honour-killings%2F As a gay man with HIV/AIDS I know of my condemned standing within the hard-line Islamist, Jewish and Christianist faiths. (I’m taking my chances, and feeling fine thanks, with liberal spirituality.) What no one, however, whether in Canada or anywhere else in the world should tolerate is paternalistic violence and murder – almost always exclusively [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2634616 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:05:23 +0100 2634616 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2786079&cid=t_106476_109_f&fid=38954&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffrontierpsychiatrist.co.uk%2Fcontrol-orders%2F In Kafka’s The Trial, published in 1925 Joseph K, a bank clerk, is unexpectedly arrested by two unidentified people for an unspecified crime.  Although the novel was never finished (and Kafka actually wished it destroyed) in what exists K spends his time trying to navigate a legal system which is at once ubiquitous, immensely powerful and totally lacking in transparency. This novel comes to mind whenever I think about control orders, which were introduced by the British Government in the Prevention of Terrorism act in 2005 in response to the House of Lord’s ruling against indefinite detention without charge or trial for foreign nationals contained in the Anti-terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001. Control orders enable the Home Secretary to impose an unlimited range of restrictions on... blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2786079 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:40:04 +0100 2786079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2622000&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F20%2Fspeech-by-stephen-lewis-co-director-aids-free-world-to-the-international-aids-society-conference-on-pathogenesis-treatment-and-prevention-cape-town-south-africa-july-19-2009%2F In my younger days, decades upon decades ago, we were consumed by the threat of nuclear annihilation. The forces of darkness, East and West, seemed in the ascendance. The Doomsday clock inched its way to midnight. And then there arose, across a spectrum ranging from the scientists and engineers writing in the Bulletin of Atomic [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2622000 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:20:08 +0100 2622000 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2615455&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Faheds-response-to-ehe-review-report.html AHEd's link to the Briefing Paper can be found here. It could be a useful guide for MPs and others who are being approached. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2615455 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:27:00 +0100 2615455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2615381&cid=t_106476_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F18%2Fimprisoning-people-with-mental-illness%2F People with mental illness are increasingly ending up being imprisoned, rather than in the mental health care system where many of them belong. With the down economy, states and counties — who are primarily responsible for the health of the indigent — cut social services first. And with most public psychiatric hospitals long-since closed, people who have a mental disorder end up being warehoused not in hospitals, but in prisons. Yes, we succeeded in closing down the state mental hospitals. But we moved the population not to outpatient facilities, but to our prisons. Now, finally, people are realizing the short-sightedness of locking people with mental illness up, as the spiraling prison costs of doing so become a burden to cash-strapped local governments. In Philadelphia, a ne... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2615381 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:11:30 +0100 2615381 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2614018&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D350 In conclusion I don’t intend to conclude that the TAM7 moderator had any specific intentions other than to stimulate discussion (perhaps even play “devil’s advocate”). And other than the autism vaccine nonsense, I imagine that in-depth discussion of the implications of discussing autism doesn’t come up too frequently for most skeptics. But, for the thoughtful and scientifically-minded out there, put this in your head for future thought. If the opportunity to discuss Jenny McCarthy’s anti-vaccine advocacy arises, consider adding clarity for why Jenny McCarthy (or parents in similar situations) really deserve understanding. Perhaps ask questions, distinguishing the connotative meanings of “comprehending Jenny McCarthy’s seeking to place blame&... Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2614018 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:48:15 +0100 2614018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2606173&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Finspection-of-homeschooling.html "Education is first and foremost the duty of the parent rather than the state.... Parents may delegate this educational responsibility to those whom they trust, but this delegation in no wise removes their responsibility for the education of their children.In other words, Badman has his priorities reversed. It is not that homeschoolers should submit to education authorities - it is that, if parents choose to send their children to a collective school, rather than educate them at home, the school must still educate them according to the wishes and direction of the parents. The teacher is in loco parentis."Read more... (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2606173 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:23:00 +0100 2606173 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2605951&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F3uXb-iN3Qg4%2F The gravest threat to the survival of the repressive regime in Tehran may be the continuing attacks on its perceived legitimacy.  Part of the factional infighting undoubtedly reflects a simple power struggle.  However, religious principles also appear to be at stake.  A number of Muslim clerics are denouncing the authorities for their misbehavior. For instance, Iranian cleric and blogger Mohsen Kadivar recently applied several Islamic principles to the Iranian government: The fourth question concerns attempts by some to cite the protection of the Islamic state to justify suppressing people’s efforts to defend their own rights. The response is that an Islamic state cannot be protected through violence. The fifth question is about what Shari’a law says are the signs of suppr... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2605951 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:42:13 +0100 2605951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2550312&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D344 At the end of this past week, I was fortunate to be invited back to the USD Summer Austism Institue to participate in a presentation with other Autism-Hub bloggers. The most memorable couple of hours for me, without a doubt, were the ones spent at dinner on San Diego Harbor with fellow bloggers Steve D (One Dad’s Opinion) and Bev (Asperger Square 8). At USD, and with some updated content, we were given the opportunity to talk about the Autism-Hub. Steve D provided some background about the hub and blogging in general, as well as opening with some excellent selected pieces (my humble opinion of course): A Little Left Rudder (video) The Best Story Ever (reading) I am Joe’s Functioning Label (reading) Dear Dr. Kartzinel (video) Then, I was given the opportunity to talk about a f... Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2550312 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:00:55 +0100 2550312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2517239&cid=t_106476_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FHiKC9TQJQ5M%2Firan_eats_its_seed_corn.php Science may know no borders but scientists have nationalities. Many live within the countries where they have citizenship, while many travel to where they can do more and better science. In the 21st century no nation can afford to squander its scientific talent. But some do it, anyway, either in small ways (failing to support science) or in Big Ways (oppressing free inquiry and free expression). No country is perfect, but some excel in this kind of stupidity. Even before the recent national uprising Iran's government was distinguishing itself in the irrationality and anti-science department (see here, here, here). Now we are seeing it in full flower: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2517239 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:16:12 +0100 2517239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2517372&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fhome-education-news_26.html This clampdown on home education doesn't help childrenFundamental changes to the law affecting the rights and the freedom of about 80,000 children may be sneaked into a bill going through parliament, after the review into home education by Graham Badman (Report to crack down on home schooling, 6 June).The parenting policeParents are hitting back at plans for what they believe are Big Brother-style powers to inspect home schooling."What [Graham] Badman recommends policing is not simply home education but parenting. Under this government parents are considered unfit unless checked and approved by an ever growing list of 'professionals'.""So what has happened to the basic right of every citizen in this country to be assumed innocent of a crime unless proven otherwise? Under these new proposal... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2517372 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:13:00 +0100 2517372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2515169&cid=t_106476_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F25%2Fat-our-bodies-our-blog-prenatal-care-maternal-mortality-and-breast-implants%2F This week at Our Bodies Our Blog, I have posts on a neat program in rural Kentucky which incorporates dental care into a CenteringPregnancy model of prenatal care, and the inclusion of prevention of maternal mortality and morbidity in a recent resolution from the UN Human Rights Council. Christine also has an interesting post on proposed legislation on breast implants and informed consent. Posted in Abuse, Rape, & Safety, Access, Rights, & Choice, Birth, Body Image & Eating Disorders, Boobs, Ethics, Global Issues, Pregnancy (Source: Women's Health News) Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2515169 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:15:57 +0100 2515169 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512724&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F24%2F2292%2F An interesting look back at the Stonewall Riots in New York 40 years ago – what would become known as the start of the gay liberation movement. And, having come out of the closet myself in a highly-politicized time in Toronto, I enjoyed this look back at the year after Stonewall – courtesy of [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512724 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:02:23 +0100 2512724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512532&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fhome-education-on-news_24.html Parents condemn plans for councils to 'police' home educationThere are about 750 children in Kent who are currently educated at home. Alexander Roarke, a Kent-based trustee of the charity Education Otherwise, said: "We reject the disproportionate and unreasonable recommendations set out in this report for compulsory registration and invasive monitoring. Someone from the local authority is now allowed to enter my home, take my children and interview them without me being present...that is a power that only the police have."Parents' anger at home education recommendations growsParents who educate their children at home are up in arms over the recommendations of the government-commissioned review into home education in England. Home educators are using CYP Now 's forums to lobby the governmen... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512532 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:57:00 +0100 2512532 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512533&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fpetition-to-reject-badman-report.html This report is a totally disproportionate response to a 'perceived' problem full of unsubstantiated allegations that home educated children are more at risk than those at school. This is simply not true and enacting the recommendations in this report would establish the state as parent of first resort. To allow LA staff access to private homes to interview children without their parents when there is no reason to suspect abuse is outrageous.You can sign it here. (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512533 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:05:00 +0100 2512533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510738&cid=t_106476_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FwiGIbaU-AD4%2Fthose_three_are_on_my_mind.php All eyes are on Iran as young people struggle for basic freedoms: to assemble, to speak freely, to participate in civil society regardless of gender. It's a struggle not special to Iran. For some Americans, winning those rights is within recent memory. And when I was a young man, I had contemporaries who didn't live to see it. In the historic Freedom Summer of 1964, 45 five years ago today, three of them -- James Chaney, a 21-year-old black man from Meridian, Mississippi, Andrew Goodman, a 20-year-old white anthropology student from New York, and Michael Schwerner, a 24-year-old white social worker and organizer for the Congress for Racial Equality from New York -- died in the struggle: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510738 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:18:24 +0100 2510738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512515&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D341 More information on USD’s 2009 Summer Autism Institute available here. (Source: Autism Street) Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512515 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:00:20 +0100 2512515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2512541&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fhome-education-news_14.html Home schooling vs. the stateThis Labour government has been especially bad at dealing with difference, and its latest stance against home schooling is indicative of this lack of tolerance and understanding.Parents who home educate children to be forced to registerFiona Nicholson, of support group Education Otherwise, said: "If they introduce a registration system, it would completely shift the balance of power. The state is coming into family life and trying to regulate it. It is an extraordinary invasion of the family."You can't hear the jackboots, but this is still oppressionPrivate life, the family home, freedom of conscience and action, have never been so menaced. But... we don't see it for what it is. It is time we did.There's no education like home schoolingInstead of hedging in home... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2512541 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:04:00 +0100 2512541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473921&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fhome-education-on-news.html Parents resort to home education because state schools betray their wishes Eric Hester: "The Government's intention to regulate – in effect, nationalise – home education is spiteful, dictatorial and simply anti-educational. There is no evidence that home-educated children do worse than those in schools. To suggest that home education might lead to abuse ill becomes a Government at a time when a state-regulated nursery is being investigated over horrific crimes."Home schooling to be monitored by govt database?Nick Seaton, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, said: "The whole purpose of home education, of course, is that people want to keep their children out of the clutches of the state and they should be allowed to do so if they want in a free country."Even from the edge of the... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473921 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:06:00 +0100 2473921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473922&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fhome-education-news_12.html Home education clampdown 'an infringement of civil liberties'Parents could be banned from educating children at home in a move branded a "very bad day for civil liberties".A home educated teenager gives her viewI only did my first year in primary school, and all my memories of it are horrible! I used to get really badly bullied all the time.Voice welcomes home education reviewVoice: the union for education professionals has welcomed news that the review of home education in England is recommending a national registration scheme.Parents should educate children as they wishEven in its current decrepit state, the Government has not lost its unappealing appetite for control. ... it arrogantly assumes that state functionaries are better qualified than parents to decide what is right for their c... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473922 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:12:00 +0100 2473922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473533&cid=t_106476_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F12%2Fthe-situation-of-human-trafficking-abstract%2F This article suggests that a central reason for the limited success in preventing human trafficking is the dominant conception of the problem, which forms the basis for law developed to combat human trafficking. Specifically, the author argues that “otherness” is a root cause of both inaction and the selective nature of responses to the abusive practice of human trafficking. Othering operates across multiple dimensions, including race, gender, ethnicity, class, caste, culture, and geography, to reinforce a conception of a virtuous “Self” and a devalued “Other.” This article exposes how this Self/Other dichotomy shapes the phenomenon of human trafficking, driving demand for trafficked persons, influencing perceptions of the problem, and constraining legal... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473533 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:01:54 +0100 2473533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2473205&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fr93a2zjiokI%2F “Cuba recognized in the UN Human Rights Council” The HRC’s press release states that: Cuba had withstood many tests, and continued to uphold the principles of objectivity, impartiality and independence in pursuance of the realisation of human rights. Cuba was and remained a good example of the respect for human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights. The Universal Periodic Review of Cuba clearly reflected the progress made by Cuba and the Cuban people in the protection and promotion of human rights, and showed the constructive and responsive answer of Cuba to the situation of human rights. Cuba was the victim of an unjust embargo, but despite this obstacle, it was very active in the field of human rights. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2473205 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:32:32 +0100 2473205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2469833&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fhome-education-parliament-debate.html Mr. Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster) (Con): I recognise that the Minister is making her debut here, and that this matter is work in progress for her Department. I contacted her civil servants, and made it clear that the bulk of this half-hour debate will be taken up by my contribution, but that my hon. Friend the Member for St. Albans (Anne Main) and the hon. Member for St. Ives (Andrew George) may wish to intervene.In the middle of January, the Department for Children, Schools and Families launched an independent review of home education by Graham Badman, the former director of children and educational services at Kent county council. Mr. Badman has been charged with investigating the current system for supporting and monitoring home education, and was asked to consider how a... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2469833 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:13:00 +0100 2469833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2469863&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F09%2F2177%2F What a disappointment. An otherwise principled guy (so many of us thought) sides with the ball-scratchers and Prop 8-backers who voted for him. Will it take multiple trips to any number of combinations of Supreme Court Justices of the future to wrest equality from the government, as it did here in Canada? I hope not. [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2469863 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:09:47 +0100 2469863 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458393&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fget-tough-on-home-education.html to weed out abuse, says review"Campaigners claim the move would fundamentally undermine the responsibility that lies with parents to ensure their child is receiving a good education, and allow the state an unprecedented intrusion into family life.Fiona Nicholson, of support group Education Otherwise, said: "If they introduce a registration system it would completely shift the balance of power. The state is coming into family life and trying to regulate it. It is an extraordinary invasion of the family."Action for Home Education said: "AHEd members believe that the review has been composed in this skewed manner in order to attain predetermined answers for the purpose of supporting the government's desire to impose compulsory registration, monitoring and tracking of electively home-educated ... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458393 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:36:00 +0100 2458393 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464359&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F05%2Fpride%2F CP24 asks “What does Pride mean to you?” Pride this year celebrates the 40th anniversary of what most consider to be the biggest spark to the gay rights movement, the Stonewall Riots in New York. I was too young for that to have meant anything to me at the time but I well remember Toronto’s [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464359 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:31:17 +0100 2464359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458423&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F05%2Fpride%2F CP24 asks “What does Pride mean to you?” Pride this year celebrates the 40th anniversary of what most consider to be the biggest spark to the gay rights movement, the Stonewall Riots in New York. I was too young for that to have meant anything to me at the time but I well remember Toronto’s [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458423 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:31:17 +0100 2458423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452376&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FDjeLG1BJwXk%2F After 20 years China has made substantial economic progress, but the ghosts of Tiananmen are restless and will continue to be so until the Goddess of Liberty is restored. The Chinese Communist Party’s “Human Rights Action Plan” (2009–10) addresses several human rights abuses, but it fails to establish a well-defined boundary between the individual and the state that protects rights to life, liberty, and property. Until China limits the power of the CCP and allows people to exercise their natural rights, there will be corruption, and the goal of “social harmony” will be elusive. The lesson of Tiananmen is that the principle of nonintervention (wu wei) is superior to the heavy hand of the state as a way to bring about true harmony. More on the Tiananmen Square massacre below. (So... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452376 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:27:49 +0100 2452376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2448065&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F31%2F2138%2F I hadn’t heard of Pat Robertson’s inane remarks until I saw this parody of them as the equal marriage debate continues in California.  Maybe if the arguments get silly enough equality will prevail. (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2448065 Sun, 31 May 2009 18:11:36 +0100 2448065 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2415701&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F13%2Fjune-27-%25e2%2580%2593-make-it-or-at-least-start-to-make-it-%25e2%2580%2593-happen-mr-obama-equal-marriage%2F In a matter of weeks New York, if not the whole gay world, will mark the fortieth anniversary of what came to be known as The Stonewall Riots. (The link takes you to a great panel discussion moderated by Charlie Rose.) The riots (a response to the latest in a long series of police raids [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2415701 Wed, 13 May 2009 09:46:35 +0100 2415701 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405960&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F13%2Fjune-27-%25e2%2580%2593-make-it-or-at-least-start-to-make-it-%25e2%2580%2593-happen-mr-obama-equal-marriage%2F In a matter of weeks New York, if not the whole gay world, will mark the fortieth anniversary of what came to be known as The Stonewall Riots. (The link takes you to a great panel discussion moderated by Charlie Rose.) The riots (a response to the latest in a long series of police raids [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405960 Wed, 13 May 2009 09:46:35 +0100 2405960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398727&cid=t_106476_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FGE9N1ss_q6o%2Ftreating_aids_is_not_a_crime.php Most of us would agree that treating AIDS is not a crime. "Most of us" apparently doesn't include the Iranian judiciary and the Iranian government. We have posted on it several times (here, here, here) but for new readers, here's some background: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398727 Sat, 09 May 2009 17:37:08 +0100 2398727 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2399089&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fhome-educated-teen-accused-of-terrorism.html Below is a disturbing video interview of a North Carolina woman whose 16 year old home educated son was grabbed up in the middle of the night at gun-point by a dozen FBI agents (assisted by the state Highway Patrol), accused of being a terrorist, under the USA PATRIOT Act, and whisked away to Indiana where he is being held:Read more... (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2399089 Thu, 07 May 2009 13:38:00 +0100 2399089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382706&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Ffamily-appeals-for-right-to-home.html "German family has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights after losing a court battle to home educate their children. "The attorney that has taken up the family' cause said:"It's pretty clear that states are not allowed to indoctrinate their children, and that parents have the ultimate right in raising their child according to their own religious and philosophical convictions."Read more... (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382706 Sat, 02 May 2009 10:26:00 +0100 2382706 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382301&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fwas-google-lobbying-washington-for.html At "Should Google Seek the Resignations of Those Responsible for This Healthcare IT Debacle?" I expressed great concern about what I term the cross occupational intrusion of the IT industry into healthcare.My major concern in that post was how the information technologists at Google, even with nearly unlimited access to capital (and therefore to the world's informatics expertise) badly mismanaged a Personal Health Records (PHR) project through commission of a most fundamental biomedical information science blunder (quite distinct from IT; most IT technologists and MIS personnel really stink at biomedical information science). They tried to map relatively ungranular, imprecise, and often misused billing codes back to enduser-viewable diagnoses, resulting in easily predictable patient panic ... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382301 Fri, 01 May 2009 17:43:00 +0100 2382301 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2381445&cid=t_106476_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F01%2Fjudy-shepard-rejects-rep-foxxs-apology%2F It would be easier for North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx to drive a school bus through a subway turnstile than to try and explain herself via an attempted apology. Appearing on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show, the mother of Mathew Shepard, Judy, said the Congresswoman was apologizing for semantics, not the sentiments expressed. The bill ultimately approved [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2381445 Fri, 01 May 2009 07:09:11 +0100 2381445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376554&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fhannity-my-money-where-your-mouth-is-by.html "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin Ironically enough, I had just finished creating this particular design and still had the quote on my clipboard, when I saw a link from Josh to this story in my digg shouts.'Hannity: My Money Where Your Mouth Is' by Keith Olbermann[Sean Hannity's] offer the other night to Chuck Grodin to 'prove' that waterboarding isn't torture by allowing it to be done to him, is too important to pass up, because of the image it will certainly produce. No matter what he says afterwards or how he tries to laugh it off, Hannity's certitude will be smashed by Hannity's natural, human panic.And then Keith raises the ante. There are several conditions, to keep Hannity honest - but here's the nub of it.I will donate $1,000 (one t... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376554 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:01:00 +0100 2376554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2365329&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fhannity-my-money-where-your-mouth-is-by.html "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin Ironically enough, I had just finished creating this particular design and still had the quote on my clipboard, when I saw a link from Josh to this story in my digg shouts.'Hannity: My Money Where Your Mouth Is' by Keith Olbermann[Sean Hannity's] offer the other night to Chuck Grodin to 'prove' that waterboarding isn't torture by allowing it to be done to him, is too important to pass up, because of the image it will certainly produce. No matter what he says afterwards or how he tries to laugh it off, Hannity's certitude will be smashed by Hannity's natural, human panic.And then Keith raises the ante. There are several conditions, to keep Hannity honest - but here's the nub of it.I will donate $1,000 (one t... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2365329 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:14:00 +0100 2365329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2356855&cid=t_106476_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fx3CqYWp1u64%2F Do trade and economic growth conflict with human rights? Too often, human rights advocates present development as incompatible with rights. So-called development agencies like the World Bank often ignore rights, including personal choice, when they push for top-down growth strategies around the world. Jean-Pierre Chauffour will speak at the Cato Institute tomorrow on his new Cato book, The Power of Freedom: Uniting Human Rights and Development, where he takes the human rights and development “communities” to task for working at cross purposes and muddled thinking. Sign up here or watch online to hear him present a development agenda that respects the full range of human rights. Susan Aaronson of George Washington University will comment. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2356855 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:33:32 +0100 2356855 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348165&cid=t_106476_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FF4M0HNDcHm8%2Firanian_miscarriage_of_justice.php The US national news is all about American journalist Roxana Saberi who has received an 8 year sentence in an Iranian prison for who knows what. There are plenty of places to read about it (CNN here). There aren't that many places to read about another Iranian miscarriage of justice affecting scientists and doctors, the Alaei brothers: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348165 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:42:47 +0100 2348165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2324274&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Feducational-refugees.html German family claim asylum in US over home schooling"A German family is to seek political asylum in the US claiming they have been persecuted in their homeland for wanting to teach their children at home in accordance with their evangelical Christian beliefs."Read more... (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2324274 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:51:00 +0100 2324274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2296882&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D328 A few sentences actually. Our choice of language frames how we think about others. It is time to respect and value people with intellectual disabilities. It is time to accept and welcome us as your friends and neighbors. Much more available at the Special Olympics R-Word.org site: http://www.r-word.org/ Hat tip to Sullivan over at LBRB (Source: Autism Street) Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2296882 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:18:08 +0100 2296882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284750&cid=t_106476_93_f&fid=36982&url=http%3A%2F%2Fprep4md.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Flighting-candles-of-hope-for-rwanda.html Thanks for reading :) ... http://prep4md.blogspot.com/ (Source: My M.D. Journey!) My M.D. Journey! blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284750 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:21:00 +0100 2284750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2271231&cid=t_106476_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FZYqzy004QQ4%2Foccupied_palestine_the_horror.php Tomorrow is the sixth anniversary of the death of peace activist Rachel Corrie, crushed to death by a caterpillar tractor driven by the Israeli Defense Forces in occupied Palestine. She was trying to negotiate with the driver not to destroy the homes of Palestinians being subjected to collective punishment for demonstrating against the occupation (see our posts here, here, here). What makes this year's anniversary even more painful is fresh news: 37 year old Tristan Anderson from Oakland, California, a dedicated pacifist with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), is on life-support after being shot in the face by the IDF with a high velocity tear gas canister. More via Siun at Firedoglake: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2271231 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:55:12 +0100 2271231 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2147526&cid=t_106476_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FflJw5tzk9Zo%2Fnature_editorial_on_iranian_do_1.php A powerful Editorial in today's Nature (the world's premier science publication) shines a strong light on a tragic violation of human rights in Iran involving two leading AIDS physicians, brothers Arash and Kamiar Alaei. We've posted about it twice (here and here). Declan Butler, a senior correspondent at Nature summarizes the story over at his blog: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2147526 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:36:49 +0100 2147526 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2144476&cid=t_106476_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FflJw5tzk9Zo%2Fnature_editorial_on_iranian_do_1.php A powerful Editorial in today's Nature (the world's premier science publication) shines a strong light on a tragic violation of human rights in Iran involving two leading AIDS physicians, brothers Arash and Kamiar Alaei. We've posted about it twice (here and here). Declan Butler, a senior correspondent at Nature summarizes the story over at his blog: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2144476 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:36:49 +0100 2144476 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2128989&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Flatest-uk-attack-on-home-education.html In this video Mike Fortune Wood talks about the 2009 UK consultation on home-education. "Mike runs the largest home-education website in the UK and has written several books on the subject."And here's the latest articles I've found:The Government is victimising parents who home educateParents object to plans for home school probe (Source: Aspie Home-Education) Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2128989 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:44:00 +0100 2128989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2125371&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Ftheres-no-abuse-in-home-education.html The liberty to choose: parents who home educate their children, in most cases, do a very good jobJason Ward, from Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, wrote to the Times Online: Sir, What a wonderful advert for state education the logical powerhouse Baroness Morgan of Drefelin is (report, Jan 20). In some “extreme cases”, I’m sure home education could be a cover for not just abuse and forced marriage, but for child experimentation, low-cost manned Moon missions and possibly even cotton mills. Oh where, Baroness, is the evidence for this massive flap you are in? One or two cases where you suspect children may have been pulled out early and not taught?Thankfully, she notes, as did we before making our decision on home schooling, that most parents choosing to educate their children at home did a g... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2125371 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:34:00 +0100 2125371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2121528&cid=t_106476_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FMD1_QlBK_Dc%2Fthis_land_is_your_land_the_for.php Some people noticed a remarkable thing that happened on the Washington Mall on Sunday at the Obama pre-Inaugural concert, a part of which I posted on Tuesday. The second last appearance was by Pete Seeger, his grandson Tao and Bruce Springsteen singing Woody Guthrie's This Land is Your Land. What made it remarkable is the inclusion of three verses from the original version that are rarely heard under any circumstances and never heard in the corridors of power, much less in front of a world wide audience and in the presence and in honor of someone about to ascend to the Presidency of the United States. The verses were included at Pete Seeger's request. Pete is one of my heroes. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2121528 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:01:35 +0100 2121528 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2121815&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35090&url=http%3A%2F%2Faspiehomeeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fpersecution-of-home-educators-continues.html It seems to be happening all over the place. In the USA, two bills raise red flags among Oklahoma homeschoolers. In the UK the home educating community is beginning to feel persecuted by the government's allegations that home educating parents could be abusing their children in all sorts of ways, from forced marriages and neglect to sexual exploitation and domestic servitude. Under the pretext of ensuring children's education and welfare, the DCSF launches home education review.What do home educating parents have to say about this? Are home-schooled children more vulnerable?"I think it's nonsense. Things go on behind closed doors whether or not children attend school. Schools are enormous now and children are often reduced to the status of a number. I was told of a girl who was discovered ... Aspie Home-Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2121815 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:11:00 +0100 2121815 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2110688&cid=t_106476_133_f&fid=35094&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autismstreet.org%2Fweblog%2F%3Fp%3D321 I don’t have anything against twins - really (I happen to be one myself). I recently ran across this video on YouTube, and it got me to thinking. Consider this quote: “I thought it was weird.” (@ 1:49) Diversity is “normal”. Thoughts? (Source: Autism Street) Autism Street blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2110688 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:20:42 +0100 2110688 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2104405&cid=t_106476_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2FYtnyHJl2rtk%2Firanian_hiv_doctors_victims_of.php Last week we alerted you to a gross miscarriage of justice involving two doctors in Iran. Many of you responded by calling the Mission of Iran at the UN and signing a petition. I wish I could report good news in this update, but so far what we have heard is not encouraging. From an email from Physicians for Human Rights USA: Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2104405 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:38:20 +0100 2104405 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2100864&cid=t_106476_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2Ffrzn-qIs3sI%2Fis_news_about_gaza_one-sided_a.php Some people complain the news about the Gaza massacre is one sided or incomplete. And it is both. This is one reason it appears one sided. Because it is. And it's incomplete. In the US we don't see this (h/t The Brain Police): Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2100864 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:26:59 +0100 2100864