David Egan is a successful advocate for the rights of people with Down syndrome. In his book, published in 2020, he tells his own story of inclusion. If you, even for a moment, doubt that he wrote it himself, watch as he…
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One of life’s milestones, something we all see as a normal life goal, is sometimes just out of reach for some of our adult children with Down syndrome. Marriage represents opportunities for advocacy in two different areas: the personal and the public.
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Perhaps our first taste of advocacy happens when we choose to tell our friends and family that our child has Down syndrome.
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The disability community at large has been fighting for civil rights for decades.
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Merriam-Webster defines advocacy as: the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal.
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In the six-week course “For the Love of Music” we talk about movie and Broadway musicals. Several of the musicals we explore have a historical context. When we talk about “Hairspray,” which is set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, we look at…
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Every Sunday during Down Syndrome Awareness Month we’ll be taking a look at how a particular movie(s) portrays a piece of our community’s history. To start us off, we’ll look at how two films, one narrative and one documentary, portrayed institutional life…
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Part of being a parent is learning what you need to know in order to support your children. When something like Down syndrome is involved there’s much more to learn. Access to information can be very different from family to family based…
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Today is a day set aside to remember a group of people we have lost to soon. People with disabilities who were killed by a family member. From the memorial site: Every year on March 1st, the disability community comes together to…
read moreIf there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s that there is truth behind the saying, “Man plans, and God laughs.” Still, at the end of every year mortals attempt to plan out the next 365 days. As parents of children…
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