• No Longer Starving: The Words We Use
  Adults/kids that use feeding tubes (and a few parents) on what they'd like people to know about feeding tubes and the folks that have them. Definite must-read for stereotype/stigma bashing!
  in Public bookmarks with disability feeding_tubes first-person info medical
• No Longer Starving: Tubie Talk
  Information about the different classes of tubes & how they help, using pics of the tube-wearing stigma-bashing author's young friends to illustrate.
  in Public bookmarks with children disability feeding_tubes first-person info medical
• About PEG ("feeding") Tubes
  Great overview on how they're placed, what they are, different methods, and personal experiences living with them.
  in Public bookmarks with disability end-of-life_care feeding_tubes first-person health info medical
  Note: Scroll past the "possible problems" list to get to the article.
• End-of-Life Care for Children With Terminal Illness
  Article about what hospice is, the kinds of services it has to help kids & their family (including things you might not expect), when/where it's offered, and so forth.
  in Public bookmarks with children end-of-life_care info medical social_services terminally_ill
• Five Easy Graphs: Why Autism Isn't An Epidemic
  A series of well-explained graphs to help laypeople see the numbers behind why autistics are now diagnosed more often than in the past.
  in Health & Disability with autism diagnosis epidemic_myth info
• What's Cookin'? Ever Wonder What Happens to Dead Animals?
  A scanned-in copy of the 90s newspaper article providing photographic evidence & quoted interviews indicating that deceased pets were being shipped to a rendering plant for use in (among other things) pet food.
  in Misc. with articles cats info pet_food pets
• Pentobarbital in Pet Food Never Resolved
  Interesting, unbiased review of the facts & results in the FDA investigation into euthanized pets possibly being used in pet food.
  in Misc. with cats info pet_food pets society
• The Seven Nutritional Factors of Quality Pet Food
  Briefly explains what to look for or avoid in various categories of pet food ingredients like protein & grain types.
  in Misc. with cats info pet_food pet_food_ingredients pets
• What's In Your Pet's Food?
  Lists the ingredients in pet foods that we should avoid, and explains why (the health impact) for each one.
  in Misc. with cats info pet_food pet_food_ingredients pets
• A Quick, Expert Comparison List to Pet Food Ingredients
  "Most pet owners are aware that pet food manufacturers are required by law to list all of the product ingredients in order of weight. While that is helpful, an organized checklist is more useful when shopping. Here are some guidelines from top animal food experts."
  in Misc. with cats info pet_food pet_food_ingredients pets
• Bookmarking Services Compared
  Public spreadsheet of information comparing the various social bookmarking sites in the wake of Delicious being dumped by Yahoo.
  in Computers & Electronics with info recommendations service web web_apps
• Why Disability Rights Activists Oppose Physician Assisted Suicide
  An article by disability rights folk explaining their stance.
  in Health & Disability with assisted_suicide disability disability_rights euthanasia info
• A Ragged Edge Online
  Huge site of categorized articles regarding disability & disability rights.
  in Health & Disability with disability disability_rights disabled_people info
• Not Dead Yet
  Singer quotes re: Cognitively Disabled People
  in Health & Disability with disability_rights info peter_singer
• Not Dead Yet: Peter Singer quotes on personhood
  Quotes from Peter Singer's book "Rethinking Life and Death" regarding killing or not treating disabled people.
  in Health & Disability with info peter_singer
• No Science Behind Singer's Agenda
  Letter by a research analyst outlining Peter Singer's views regarding killing disabled people.
  in Health & Disability with disability disability_rights euthanasia info not_dead_yet wayback_web_archive
• What Is Arnold Chiari Malformation?
  Great explanation of what ACM1 is, common symptoms, what it's like to live with it, and so forth.
  in Health & Disability with arnold_chiari disability info medical
• Chiari Malformation I : Recent Advances in Diagnosis &Treatment
  "Our Mission: Help individuals who may have CM1; Help doctors learn more about the most recent advances in diagnosis; Provide official, respectable documentation of previously diagnosed and treated cases."
  in Health & Disability with arnold_chiari disability health info medical news
• Conquer Chiari
  "Dedicated to improving the experiences and outcomes of Chiari and syringomyelia patients through education, awareness, and research."
  in Health & Disability with arnold_chiari disability health info medical by 2 users
• Guides - the yum project
  Official list of guides for setting up repositories, basic & useful yum commands, and a lot more.
  in Computers & Electronics with directory howto info linux package_management software tutorial yum

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