Kudos to Katie for Spreading the Word
Kudos to Katie for Spreading the Word
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kudos to Katie Pullano for stepping up to the plate and asking her classmates to take the pledge against the R-word. Harwood is a SOTX Unified Partner and Harwood Junior High School student in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford I.S.D. On March 7, the fourth annual Spread the Word to End the Word Awareness Day, Pullano and her classmates signed the Spread the Word banner as a promise not to use two very hurtful words - retard and retarded.
The Spread the Word to End the Word campaign was created by students with and without intellectual disabilities in 2009 to foster communities of respect for men, women and children with intellectual disabilities.
For more information about Meet in the Middle log onto www.mimtexas.org or for more information about Spread the Word to End the Word: www.r-word.org.
About Special Olympics Texas
Special Olympics Texas (SOTX) is a privately funded non-profit organization that changes lives through the power of sport by encouraging and empowering people with intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and fostering communities of understanding and respect. SOTX provides continuing opportunities for more than 58,800 children and adults with intellectual disabilities throughout the Lone Star State to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy and friendship. To learn more, visit www.specialolympicstexas.org or call 800.876.5646. Engage with us on: Twitter @SOTexas; fb.com/SpecialOlympicsTX; youtube.com/specialolympicstexas.
