Tragedy? Really?
A few years ago the tabloids went crazy because it was presumed that Brad and Angelina’s twins had Down Syndrome. Horrors! I will always remember standing in the check-out line […]
Except When She’s Not
With only the best of intentions, people will say, “Rachel is always so happy.” True. Except when she’s not. People with DS have a full range of emotions and emotional
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A Thousand Times Over
Before Rachel was born, but after DS-Day (when we knew for sure that extra chromosome indeed existed), I simultaneously wanted to know everything I could about DS, and I wanted
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More Alike Than Different – Or Not
It sounds right when you first say it…”more alike than different.” People with Down Syndrome are more like you and me than they are different than you and me. OK.
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It Is “Down” – Like “Up”
People often mistakenly refer to Trisomy 21 (the medical term) as Downs Syndrome. Not so. It is Down, like Up. Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) is named after Dr. John Langdon Down
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Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Faces of the 2015 DSAH Calendar See the beautiful girl in the lower left corner? Yes. That’s the one. Miss September. Rachel Ann Nutt She’s the girl who forever changed our
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A Lighting Bolt Moment
It’s rare that you hear something so powerful that it stops you in your tracks and pushes everything else out of your head in that moment. But, that very thing happened
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Do the Right Thing…Anyway
That a leader will have to make difficult or controversial decision is inevitable. Good leaders will explain their reasoning. But, every once in a while a decision has to be made
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