Thanks to our newest team member(thanks Teresa) I have been made aware of my new favorite blog http://www.jaylenschallenge.org/ . Jaylen, an 8 year old with Tourette Syndrome, writes almost daily on his blog about his everyday life, family and most importantly how it's wrong to bully others.
His blogging has empowered children and their parents to stand up against bullying in their communities. Recently, Jaylen was featured on CNN. Here is a link to the video (provided by their local news channel) : http://bit.ly/v2j6b
Jaylen lets us into his daily life through his words and video. Since the response has been so overwhelming every now and then we hear from his parents.
"The CNN news clip reached thousands of you and for that we are so grateful. We had NO IDEA his story was on CNN until you all told us via emails! We knew our local station ran the story but had no idea it would go national. Jaylen has received hundreds of emails from you and your children. It is absolutely amazing! It's wonderful to see that so many people stand behind our little guy. It also lets us know just how global and what a huge problem bullying is ~ especially for disabled children."
Every day his witty one-liners make their way to my browser, and thank goodness.
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