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Games Created by Parents of Kids with Special Needs

Personal Reasons for Creating Helpful Games! Emotions, motor skills, social situations, and transitions. Did you know you can use play to help with all of these skills? Two families decided…
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How A Baby’s Diagnosis Made His Mom Want to Change the World

A Life Changing Diagnosis I gave birth to our 6th child with the expectation of adding another beautifully brown eyed, boisterous personality-laden child to this world.  …
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The Up Life Of Emmy: Living With Down syndrome

Celebrating the joys of "up syndrome" Emmy made a surprise entrance into the world 6 weeks early. I was being constantly monitored because there were periods where she was not moving. On …
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Our family was blessed with two Trisomy babies 367 days apart

Our story Our family was blessed with two Trisomy babies 367 days apart: Julian (T18) in October of 2015 and Evangeline (T21 "Down Syndrome") in 2016. They wer…
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From the Scary Diagnosis of Down Syndrom came a ray of sunshine

Born With Down syndrome We had no idea this child was going to change our lives so deeply. We had two boys already and she was just the pink in our sea of blue. When she was…
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Proving EVERY BODY is an Athlete Every Day!

Inclusive Exercise for all Abilities! Hi there! We are Every Body Athletics, a small group exercise program for adults with developmental disabilities located in Tigard, Oregon. Here at E…
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How People With Special Needs Benefit From Cooking

Court's Cooking Blog: The Inspiration Behind Teaching People With Special Needs to Cook A few years ago, I was encouraged by a friend to cook dinner for my family. When I first began cooking it was incredibly hard, frustrating, stressful…
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Nothing Down About Victoria

Victoria's Life With Down Syndrome Meet Victoria! Victoria is 3 years old. She loves to swim, listen to music, and play the drums. She never misses a chance to dance. Victoria has…
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Never Stop Fighting- Down Syndrome MMA Fighter

A pioneer in adaptive athletics The story begins at the age of 5 when most kids begin playing organized sports - my family wanted the same for me. But there were limited opportuniti…
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Down Syndrome advocate sharing the story of our Indy

About Indy, our little miracle: Meet Indy Llew, our spunky little miracle & sweet surprise. After trying for 5 years to get pregnant Indy came to us through in-vitro. She surpri…
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10 Tips on Advocating to Change the World

Advocating 101 What is an advocate?  An advocate is someone who takes a stand on a subject that is important to them.  Most of us are daily advocates, we …
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On The Inside With Leo- our Son with an Extra Chromosome

What I Wish I Had Known About Down Syndrome I do not feel like an expert in anything! By anything, I mean nothing. I am a photographer and and then I started this motherhood adventure. Just as …
OTHERS

Beyond the Pink Lines: Yoocan Erases the Margins

Inside the Lines From the time I learned how to write, I’ve been taught to stay inside the margins. There were twin pink vertical lines reminding all of us students t…
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Handiplanet: Travel Community for People with Disabilities

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When You #KnoWAbility Yoocandoanything

New #KnoWAbility Music: yoocan Shoutout Hi Guys!!!! I've been so inspired by all the AMAZING stories I've been reading on here that I decided to shout out the entire Yoocan community in one…
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How One Small Act of Kindness Changed My Life

A Hero in Disguise About ten years ago, Josh Aryeh took an 8-year-old girl for a ride in a rented Lamborghini convertible. The girl had been diagnosed with cancer at ag…
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Diverse Factors for Families of Children with Down syndrome

Research Survey for Families of Children with Down syndrome I am a high school student at Yorktown High School in Westchester County, NY.  I am currently working on a project looking into relationships be…
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Our Million Dollar Family

Family Life Shortly after I gave birth to our second child--a boy--someone said to me, "Well, you've got the million dollar family now: one girl, one boy." While…
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Everyday With Easton

Down syndrome- A life overflowing with love and joy! July 26, 2016 is the day that changed my life forever. It’s the day that changed the path I thought I was on, to the one that God had me on from the …
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Why Look Out, If Everyone Lives In?

AUTHENTICITY, SELF-ESTEEM, AND OVERCOMING DIFFICULTIES My name is Katharina Araújo (@katharinaaraujo_oficial and @projectvocelindaeautentica). I was born in Brazil. For a long time I created masks of "per…
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The Joy of Life with Lucy: Redefining Rare Disease

Life with Lucy When Lucy was born the doctor placed her on my chest and said, "I think she has Down syndrome." Our world changed for the better at that moment and w…
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A Letter To One Who Has Just Recieved A Prenatal Diagnosis

I understand “what if scenarios” will haunt you! The unknowns can consume you. There was a period of time where I couldn’t even read anything about DS or look at photos of children with DS. Out of ignorance and a desperate heart, I prayed that God would “heal” Savannah. Oh sweet friend, first off CONGRATULATIONS! Our beautiful Savannah Lanier is now 18 months old and she happens to have an extra chromosome! She was a…
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