April 12, 2006

• What color is your ribbon?

  

  It all started with a song about a man getting out of prison, who told his girl to tie a yellow ribbon
  around the old oak tree if she still wanted him.  Now there are
  ribbons of all colors and they have become known by the generic term,
  “awareness ribbons.” 

  In
  Alaska right now, where we have the highest rates in the U.S. for rape
  and child abuse, and a child is statistically three times as likely
  to be beaten or sexually abused as the national average, people are
  wearing green ribbons so that they can feel as if they’re doing
  something about that.

  Our legislature, ignoring all the
  socio-economic and public health issues that contribute to sexual abuse,
  is debating a new law that will increase penalties and require more
  strict supervision for convicted offenders.  Greyfox and I had discussed it and shared our mutual disgust at these
  boneheaded reactions, and I was going to blog about that today. 

  I
  was looking online for an image of a little green ribbon, and found more than I was looking for.
   
  Red = Aids/HIV, substance abuse (includes inhalants), MADD,
  DARE, Epidermolysis Bullosa, love, heart disease, supraventricular tachycardia,Wolff-Parkinson-White
  Syndrome (WPW), Pro-life, hypertension, EvansSyndrome

  Orange =
  Hunger, leukemia, cultural diversity and racial tolerance, feral cats,
  motorcyclist safety,  self injury,
  Agent Orange exposure, reflex sympathetic dystrophy

  Yellow =
  Prisoner support, support our troops, POW/MIA, suicide prevention,
  adoptive parents, spina biffida, missing children (amber alert),
  endometriosis, sarcoma, bladder cancer, liverdisease and liver cancer,
  hydrocephalus or hydrocephaly, hope in general, boycott Aruba (hope for
  Natalee)

  Green = Tissue and organ donation, depression, bipolar disorder, mental health or illness, eye
  injuries, Tourette’s Syndrome, bone marrow transplants and donation,
  Fanconi’s Syndrome, worker and driving safety, rape and sexual assault,
  Von Hippel-Lindau, glaucoma, missing children, leukemia, environment,
  Fibrodysplasia Ossificans, kidney cancer or kidney disease, neural tube
  defects, Mitochondrial Disease, growth and rebuilding, Progressiva,
  Cerebral Palsy, Save Darfur, Stem Cell Research

  Blue (Navy) =
  Child abuse prevention, spiritual awareness, arthritis, free speech,
  crime victims rights, water quality, colon cancer, Dysautonomia,
  hystiocytosis, Erb’s Palsy, Ankylosing Spondylitis, domestic violence,
  water safety (flooding, drowning and accidents),Acute Respiratory
  Distress Syndrome (ARDS), dystonia, interstitial cystitis, brachial
  plexus injury, Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,
  Alopecia, Reyes Syndrome, education, Steven Johnson Syndrome, short
  bowel syndrome, Myositis, Leukodystrophy, Hurricane Support, police
  officers lost in the lineof duty (AKA, the Thin Blue Line)
   
  Purple
  = Domestic violence, religious tolerance, animal abuse, the victims of
  9/11 (includes police and firefighters), pancreatic cancer, Crohn’s
  Disease and colitis, cystic fibrosis, leimyosarcoma, macular
  degeneration, Sjogren’s Syndrome, fibromyalgia, lupus, sarcoidosis, the
  homeless, Mucolipidoses, thyroid cancer, ADD, ADHD, alzheimers, cancer
  survivor (this is a general color that anyone who has survived cancer
  can wear), Pagan pride, Arnold Chiari Malformation, children
  left unattended in cars

  White = Innocence, victims of terrorism,
  peace, right to life, diabetes, sexual assault of students, retinal
  blastoma, alzheimers, adoption, bone disease and bone cancer, anti-child
  pornography on the internet, carbon monoxide poisoning (CO
  poisoning), post partum depression, Scoliosis, Anti-stalking

  Black = Mourning, melanoma, anti-gangs, Anti-terrorism in Spain, POW-MIAs, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Amish support

  Brown = Anti-tobacco, colorectal cancer

  Gray = Diabetes, brain cancer, asthma and allergies

  Lime Green = Lymphoma, Lyme Disease, Sandhoff Disease

  Teal
  = Ovarian, cervical, uterine (all gynecological) cancers, food
  allergies, substance abuse, sexual assault, Myasthenia Gravis,
  Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, agoraphobia, panic or stress disorders
  (includes PTSD)

  Turquoise = Native American reparations

  Burgundy = Hospice care, multiple myeloma, cesarean sections, headaches and
  migraines, adhesions, thrombophilia and other coagualtion or blood
  factor disorders, meningitis, polio survivor 

  Periwinkle = Eating disorders, pulmonary hypertension, stomach cancer, GERD, IBS

  Pink = Breast Cancer, Birth Parents, cleft palate

  Pale Yellow = Spina biffida

  Peach = Uterine Cancer, Endometrial Cancer

  Light Green = Pelvic Pain (chronic), Celiac Disease
  
  Light
  Blue = Prostate cancer, mens health, thyroid disease, lymphedema,
  Addison’s Disease, Trisomy 18, Velo-Cardio Facial Syndrome,
  hyperaldosteronism, scleroderma, Behcets Disease, Graves Disease,
  Shprintzen Syndrome

  Lavender = All cancers (general cancer awareness), epilepsy, hypokalemic periodic paralysis, rett syndrome, foster care

  Pearl = lung cancer and lung disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Mesothelioma, Emphysema

  Silver
  = Children with physical or learning disabilities, Parkinson’s Disease,
  any diseases or disorders of the brain including strokes, elderly abuse

  Gold = Childhood Cancer, COPD, Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma

  Clear = Lung cancer (also clear with gold border) and lung disease

  Light Baby Pink and Blue = Pregnancy and infant loss, SIDS, Male breast cancer

  Red and White = Head and neck cancer, aplastic anemia, Squamous Cell Carcinoma

  Red and Yellow = Hepatitis C

  Red, White and Blue = Patriotism, 9/11 victims, fireworks safety

  Red and Blue with a Heart = Congenital Heart Defects (also red, blue and red stripes)

  Blue and Yellow = Down Syndrome, designated drivers (The Hero Campaign)

  Purple Ribbon with a Red rose = Cystic Fibrosis

  Purple and Green = Hospice And Pallative Care

  Purple and Blue = Pediatric Stroke

  Purple and Yellow = Chemical Injury, autoimmune hepatitis

  Puzzle Ribbon = Autism

  Prism = Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

  Orchid and Orange = psoriasis

  Lime Green and Aqua = adult stem cell donor

  Teal And  Pink  = Hereditary Breast Cancer or a combo ribbon for gynecological and breast cancers

  Black  and  Pink = Bone Marrow Donor, loss of a daughter

  Black  and Lt. Blue = Loss of a son

  Black and White = Carcinoid Syndrome Cancer (zebra stripes) and anti-racism

  Black, White And Black (three stripes) = Vaccine danger

  Gold and Black = Platelet donor

  Gold and Silver = Hearing Disorders

  Ivory, Burgundy and Ivory = Oral, head and neck cancer

  Yellow, Lime Green, Orange, Aqua, Hot Pink= Myelodysplastic Syndrome

  Orange, Green, Blue, Purple, Yellow = STD awareness

  Red White and Red (3 stripes) = Leukemia and Lymphoma

  

  BTW:  I have seen on
  several sites that Xangans are having trouble uploading images. 
  Mine upload, but on the “edit HTML” page, the width is set at
  “0″.  I set it to the width I want, and the pics are there.
  
  

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