FACEBOOK: STOP ALLOWING GROUPS THAT MOCK SPECIAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES
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PLEASE READ OUR UPDATED STATUS UNDER RECENT NEWS!!!!!!
Currently there are over 1000 groups on Facebook whose goal is to mock and demean people with special needs and disabilities. These groups include names like RETARD HATERZ, RETARDED CLUB, I'M RETARDED, TEAM RETARD, RETARD NATION, DOWN SYNDROME FOOTY ANYONE?, I HATE WHEELCHAIRS, HATE RETARDS???, WE HATE CRIPPLES, , RETARDS 'R US, etc . We can't name all the groups here but many of these groups post pictures of children with Down Syndrome... (read more)
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FACEBOOK: STOP ALLOWING GROUPS THAT MOCK SPECIAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES
Category:
Common Interest -
Description:
PLEASE READ OUR UPDATED STATUS UNDER RECENT NEWS!!!!!!
Currently there are over 1000 groups on Facebook whose goal is to mock and demean people with special needs and disabilities. These groups include names like RETARD HATERZ, RETARDED CLUB, I'M RETARDED, TEAM RETARD, RETARD NATION, DOWN SYNDROME FOOTY ANYONE?, I HATE WHEELCHAIRS, HATE RETARDS???, WE HATE CRIPPLES, , RETARDS 'R US, etc . We can't name all the groups here but many of these groups post pictures of children with Down Syndrome... (read more)
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THE LETTER SENT ON MARCH 23RD TO FACEBOOK'S GENERAL COUNSEL, TED ULLYOT WAS IGNORED. I WROTE A LETTER TO FACEBOOK'S CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER ON MAY 10TH EXPRESSING OUR DISMAY THAT NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE. MR. KELLY IS PLANNING ON RUNNING FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CALIFORNIA IN 2010. I ASKED HOW HE COULD UPHOLD THE LAWS OF CALIFORNIA WHEN HE COULDN'T EVEN FOLLOW HIS OWN TERMS OF USE ON FACEBOOK. ON MAY 25TH, OUR GROUP DISAPPEARED OFF OF FACEBOOK FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS. WHEN IT REAPPEARED MANY OF THE OFFENSIVE GROUPS WERE REMOVED.
RETARD HATERZ IS GONE! RETARD NATION IS GONE!
LETS UNITE TO KILL ALL THE RETARDS IS GONE! I HATE WHEELCHAIRS IS GONE! DOWN SYNDROME FOOTY ANYONE IS GONE! WE HATE CRIPPLES IS GONE! HATE RETARDS IS GONE!!!
NOW WE NEED TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND KEEP ADVISING US OF GROUPS THAT ARE OFFENSIVE, MOCK PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND ADVOCATE VIOLENCE TOWARD THEM.
WE HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS IN ONLY THREE MONTHS BUT THERE IS STILL SO MUCH TO DO. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

10/1/09
Our group gets a mention in USA Today!!!!
We continue to make progress, however slowly it may feel. We are getting the word out and have over 30,000 members in only eight months!!!