Special Needs Blog Week in Review – March 11 – 17, 2012

The Special Needs Blog Week in Review gives you a quick and easy way to find out about everything that hit the blog this week. You may have missed something that you wanted to read, but didn’t end up having the time to do it. Just click on the link to any of the blogs that catch your attention, and you will go right it. The Special Needs Podcast Roundup went up on March 12, 2012. This week, I’d like to point out an episode of a podcast called “The Power of Moms”. It features Mary Jenkins, the mother of … Continue reading

Movie Uses the Word “Autistic” as an Insult

There is a brand new movie called “21 Jump Street”. It is about two underachieving police officers that are assigned to blend in at a high school in order to bring down a drug ring. In this movie, the police captain uses the word “autisic” as an insult. The new movie “21 Jump Street” seems to be very loosely based on the main concept of the television program of the same name. Two young looking police officers, (played by Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum), are given the undercover assignment of blending in with teenagers at a high school, for the … Continue reading

Channing Tatum Named PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive

Last year, PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive title went to Bradley Cooper but not without much hullabaloo from fans of Ryan Gosling. In fact, there was speculation this year that maybe Gosling would receive the title. But, no, this year is all about Channing Tatum and today, he was named PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive. Tatum has starred in four movies this year – Haywire, The Vow, 21 Jump Street, and Magic Mike, which have grossed over $589 million worldwide. Magic Mike was made for only $7 million and grossed $158.9 million alone, making it the highest grossing movie under the Dance … Continue reading