By: Stephanie Holland This year the annual NDSC convention was held in sunny Phoenix, Arizona. The 100+ degree weather made things outside of the conference venue a bit sticky, but inside everything was “cool.” If I had to sum up my own…
read moreBy Mardra Sikora In some ways, we in the Down syndrome community are our own village. This last March 21st organizations and individuals reached out to unknown friends and presented them with random acts of kindness. A lovely introduction to our village….
read moreWe are less than 100 days away from the Special Olympics World Games and Los Angeles is getting ready to host this great event that will be televised on ESPN and feature athletes from around the world. In an interview with Spain’s…
read moreBy: Stephanie Holland As humans, we all have a desire to connect with others. Sometimes, we long to find companions who understand what we have gone through – someone who “gets it.”The Road We’ve Shared is a place where kindred spirits can…
read moreBy: Stephanie Holland Yes, I’m a Sesame Street fan from way back, and today as I was looking at photos on my news feed, this song popped in my head and wouldn’t go away. We’re so lucky to have social media to…
read moreBy: Stephanie Holland March 21, 22 & 23 Online conference – no travel involved Living, Learning & Leading for a Global Impact on the Down Syndrome community. Sessions on Adult Issues We are so excited for the 321 eConference this year! Starting on World…
read moreBy: Stephanie Holland World Down Syndrome Day 2015 This year, we’re changing the focus a bit on March 21st. For the 10th anniversary of this special day, we here at The Road are participating with seven other Down syndrome groups who created…
read moreBy: Stephanie Holland This year, we’ll be celebrating World Down Syndrome Day on March 21st (3-21) with the seven national Down syndrome organizations by completing random acts of kindness. We’ve started a list of possibilities that our adults who have Down syndrome…
read moreBy: Stephanie Holland The new year brings new opportunities and a chance to look back on how far we’ve come. The beginning of 2015 marks our first anniversary here on The Road. To measure our accomplishments we can look back at numbers:…
read moreBy Stephanie Holland Creating an advocacy agenda that helps parents, caregivers, and adults who have Down syndrome. ADVOCACY: (noun) public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy. In the Down syndrome community, there has been a long hard battle…
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