Today we have a guest post from Katie, the author of For Elysium blog. Thank you Katie for joining us on The Road! Music has an undeniable influence on memory, as significant moments in our lives are connected to the music we listened…
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Guest Blog from Downs Side Up The Power of a Song I recently began thinking about a song by Depeche Mode that was on a compilation CD in my car at the time I was pregnant with Natty. Just another track, probably…
read moreBy Susan Adelman In its essence the United Nations (UN) is a family, a family of nations. And at the heart of its millennial missions is the family. As a result, for 2015 an emphasis on the family motivated the UN to…
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…
read moreby Kristen McKiernan of The Arc The Arc is the largest organization in the country advocating for and serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), including Down syndrome. We have a rich 60 year history of advocacy and grassroots organizing that continues…
read moreBy: Brandy Snow and Stephanie Holland Have you heard of Mosaic Down syndrome but wondered what it was or how different it is from Trisomy 21?Has some one asked you if you can have “a little bit” of Down syndrome? We learned about…
read moreEverything Starts at Home This week there is the Buddy Walk on Washington. Big things are being done on the big stage. But, what’s happening at home in your town? The local groups have their feet on the ground, working for the…
read moreBy: Eliana Peck and Stephanie Holland Justice is something of a hot topic lately. News reports of another person with a disability being mistreated or lost in the system seem to appear daily. One organization that focuses solely on finding justice for our…
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