Employment is a difficult subject in the Ds community. It is a reason for advocacy but it is also a source for heated, emotional debate within the community.
read moreOf all the tools a good advocate needs, information is the most important.
read moreAging with Down syndrome creates new health challenges. Families are helping each other by sharing what they learn.
read more“The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better.” – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
read morePerhaps our first taste of advocacy happens when we choose to tell our friends and family that our child has Down syndrome.
read moreA great deal of advocacy work has centered on K-12 education. Today advocates are looking at new ways to define education for adults with intellectual disabilities.
read moreThe disability community at large has been fighting for civil rights for decades.
read moreOne of the best things about being different is finding others who are different like you.
read moreMerriam-Webster defines advocacy as: the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal.
read moreA new Missouri state resolution reaffirms the state’s support of sheltered workshops after disabled people and their families band together to “protect the right to choose sheltered employment as a valuable work choice.”
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