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Trisomy 21 – a.k.a. Down syndrome. Let’s talk DS.
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Today’s advocates are grateful for those who came before us.
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“The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better.” – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
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One of the best things about being different is finding others who are different like you.
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There are two events coming up, at the end of March/beginning of April, that are aimed at advocacy in the disability and Ds community and meeting with Congressional leaders on The Hill. The first is the 2017 DISABILITY POLICY SEMINAR (DPS), a…
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For me, the highlight of this weekend’s Down Syndrome Affiliates in Action (DSAIA) conference was the presentation is was honored to co-present. For the first time in 18+ months since I first wrote about the racial health disparities that exist in the…
read moreBy: 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: Liz Plachta – Co-founder of Ruby’s Rainbow “Together we can do so much.” That should be the Ruby’s Rainbow mantra. In fact, in thank you’s, Facebook post and everything in between I have many times used the quote from Helen Keller…
read moreby Michael Bryant of Global Down Syndrome Foundation with a few notes by Mardra Sikora “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” – Albert Einstein As recently as 1983, a person with Down syndrome was barely expected to live into…
read moreP is also for “people” and “professionals” By Sue Joe of the National Down Syndrome Congress Phoenix is the host city for his year’s NDSC Convention in June, and it’s where we’ll be bringing together people (that’s you!) and professionals in the…
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