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Parents of Disabled Children Giving Up on Illinois
By Bonnie Miller Rubin and Monique Garcia, Tribune reporters May 28, 2011 Chrisa Hickey, a northwest suburban mom whose 16-year-old son hears voices, has bought property in Wisconsin with an eye to the future. She wouldn’t leave Barrington for career, retirement or the more languid pace of small-town living. Her relocation plans are strictly a…
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Throttling Artistic Expression?
I got an email today from UK reporter Brendan O’Neill. Apparently he’s writing a story about the RMU dance team. I don’t know anything about Mr. O’Neill other than what I’ve read on his column at The Telegraph. The byline there describes him as, “the editor of spiked, an independent online phenomenon dedicated to raising the…
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Straightjacket Dance Criticized – Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-dance-straitjacket-0315-20110314,0,7810200.story By John Keilman A Chicago dance team that performed in straitjackets last month has drawn criticism from a mental health advocate who said the outfits displayed insensitivity toward people with mental disorders.The Robert Morris University competitive dance team wore the costumes, which included wild, frizzy hair and dark eye makeup, at a national contest in Minnesota. Chrisa Hickey, a…