June 2010
2 posts
Turquoise
Fantastic post by Dave Hingsburger on his blog today. For me it was an exclamation point on an already wonderful Fathers Day. http://bit.ly/ar47Jq
Florida Keys Art by Cinnamon
Cinnamon Edgar creates scenic Note cards, Photographs and Watercolors which are sold in stores and local art shows.
http://www.downsyndromepages.com/florida-keys-art-by-cinnamon.html
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Downs Designs - special clothes for special...
Our Mission is to create comfortable stylish clothing to fit the unique body shape of a person with Down syndrome and improve the quality of their lives. Learn more at: http://www.downsyndromepages.com/downs-designs.html
May 2010
7 posts
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He's My Joy Boy
Alot of times when people find out that our son has Down Syndrome and Autism, they feel the need to say they’re sorry. I always say the same thing, “don’t be, because I’m not”. Do I wish that he had more language.. you bet. Do I wish that any change of routine wouldn’t put him into such a “tailspin”, of course. However, I wouldn’t change him. I love him just as he is. I love the fact that he is so...
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The R Word
“I’m going to look like such a retard”.
I kept quiet.
I was in the office of a social worker recently helping them get setup on Skype and a USB headset. When they put the headset on they said, “I’m going to look like such a retard”. I was shocked to hear this coming from a licensed social worker and felt my emotions starting to boil. I wanted to call them on it. I wanted to tell them;
as a...
Blog For Down Syndrome is now at Tumblr
I’ve decided to move my BlogForDownSyndrome.com blog over here to Tumblr. I love the simplicity of Tumblr, the great community and capabilities. It’s also one less piece of software I have to maintain, patch, upgrade, worry about on my server.
I will migrate some of the old posts over to here but probably not all. I have not been actively blogging for quite awhile. Most of my time and...