Noah's Dad: A Blog About Down Syndrome With Videos And Pictures

Aug202017 By Rick Smith 6 Comments

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A Letter to Noah’s First Grade Teacher On His First Day of School

If you’re new here, I’d love for you to sign up for our posts by email so we can stay connected. Thanks for visiting!The following is a letter my wife wrote Noah’s first-grade teacher on his first day of school. She also wrote one for his first day of Kindergarten as well if you’d like [Read More…]…

Apr22017 By Rick Smith 21 Comments

Ice, Ice, (We’re Having a) Baby!

It’s hard to believe it’s been over three years since we announced that Noah was a big brother…the first time. Boy, does time fly! We are excited to announce that we will get to meet child number three this October! (October 25th if all goes as planned.) A few weeks ago we had the chance to surprise [Read More…]…

Mar272017 By Rick Smith 39 Comments

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How a Chick-Fil-A Employee Changed My Idea of “Meaningful” Work

Last week I was eating lunch at a local Chick-Fil-A when I noticed a young women with Down syndrome working at this particular location. (As a parent of a child with Down syndrome I’m hyper aware anytime a see someone with Down syndrome, especially when they are working. It encourages me!) As I was getting my [Read More…]…

Mar232017 By Rick Smith 7 Comments

The Supreme Court Helps Children with Disabilities Receive A Proper Eduction

On March 22, the Supreme Court of the United States of America made an unanimous ruling that will (hopefully) allows children that require special education to receive a proper education. The 8-0 ruling in the Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District case states that schools must do more than provide a “merely more than de [Read More…]…