While October is National Down Syndrome Awareness Month and we make intentional efforts to make you aware of the abilities of those with Down syndrome, for hundreds of thousands of us, we do Down syndrome advocacy 24/7. Every year people […]
April 2014 – We had Rachel’s official transition to high school meeting. There were 15 people there including Rachel and a variety of teachers, administrators, counselors and case managers from both her middle school and high school plus Jonathan and […]
A few months ago I was invited to write a letter of nomination for one of Rachel’s teachers. Our school district’s education foundation, Olathe Public Schools Foundation, presents Excellence in Educator Awards on a monthly basis. There other awards for […]
Happy Down Syndrome Awareness Month! I think revisiting the question of what I would say to younger parents is a good post to celebrate our friends and loved ones with Down syndrome! Four years ago I wrote a blog called […]