Menu Complaints Served Up (The Province)

http://www.theprovince.com/health/Menu+complaints+served/6371074/story.html

Source:
The Province (http://www.theprovince.com)

Pair Claims Discrimination over Restaurant Chain's "Albino Rhino Beer"( canada.com)

http://www.canada.com/Restaurant+chain+albino+rhino+discriminatory+pair+claim/6369292/story.html

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Canada.com (http://www.canada.com)

Albino Rhino Beer Complaint (Victoria Times Colonist)

http://www.timescolonist.com/business/Albino+rhino+prompts+complaint/6371306/story.html

Perhap they forgot that there are animals with albinism as well. Maybe this is their way of calling attention to the condition as the protest makes no sense otherwise, IMHO. Come on! ~K


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Albino Beer Draws Complaint

Perhaps it's gone a bit far. ~K
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'Albino' beer name draws complaint

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http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2012/03/28/Albino-beer-name-draws-complaint/UPI-44911332963994/

Family of Ten Are World's Biggest Albino Family

The Sun: Link: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4174632/Family-of-ten-are-worlds-biggest-albino-clan.html


Sons Vijay, 25, Shankar, 24 and Ramkishan, 19, and daughters Renu, 23, Deepa, 21 and Pooja, 18, inherited their albinism. Renu wed another albino Rosheh, ...

TNT Magazine Link: http://www.tntmagazine.com/news/world/video-meet-the-worlds-biggest-albino-family

How I’m Coming to Terms With the Genetic Condition I May Have Passed to My Son

efore having children, the farthest I thought about genetics was assumptions on whose eye color my children would have or whether they would get my nose, or my husbands hands. I thought of the word “hereditary” in relation to characteristics, not in regards to diseases, illnesses and conditions.

But a quick google search after Arlo’s diagnosis of Ocular Albinism at 3 months old led me to the words “x-linked hereditary” — meaning it is most commonly passed from mother to son. I felt a knot forming in my throat as I read that the gene can be passed from generation to generation before it presents itself in a member of a family. It also meant that if I carried the OA gene, there was a 50% chance that any son we had would also have the condition.

I gave him this, I thought my eyes burning with tears. I felt dirty, betrayed by my genetic makeup, angry that this wonky gene had layed quietly inside me and now I had passed it to my son. I was ashamed of it, mostly because I didn’t understand albinism yet. I was so fearful of the unknown.

Six months since his initial diagnosis, my mindset around albinism has changed drastically. I’ve discovered that first and foremost, albinism is nothing to fear. As far as chromosomal abnormalities go, it’s a pretty mild one. It doesn’t effect his life span, his bodily functions (save for his vision to some extent, bit there are a lot of resources to help him there) and it does not cause him pain. Arlo is also fortunate in that he does have some pigmentation, so most people are not even aware that he has it.

[For the rest of the story follow this source link: http://blogs.babble.com/babys-first-year-blog/2012/02/21/how-im-coming-to-terms-with-the-genetic-condition-i-may-have-passed-to-my-son/]

Albinism

http://www.foroyaa.gm/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8484

 

Albinism http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/14464

http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/14464

Ms. Kathy would like you to see an article on whereilive.com.au

Hello Ms Kathy's Kids,
Ms. Kathy would like you to see the following article on whereilive.com.au
http://hornsby-advocate.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/mt-kuring-gai-athlete-tyan-taylor-taking-on-the-world/
Ms. Kathy also included the following message:
Take a look at this article. Know that occular albinism is often accompanied with nystagmus. In any event the vision is not clear and this most often means legal blindness or close to it.
~K