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Kicking off the Summer with a Visit to the Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek in Orlando!

(Please note: We were compensated by Wyndham Grand including providing rooms and meals. However, we still think this is a great place! Read on to learn why.) It’s officially summertime! Our children are a ton of fun, and I love traveling with them…so…I pulled Noah out of school a day before his summer break began, and [Read More…]…

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Get Our Custom, Premium World Down Syndrome Day 2018 (3/21) Tee Shirt

World Down Syndrome Day 2018 is March 21…so we decided to make a tee shirt! We’re super proud of this shirt, and think you will also! You can grab the shirts here, but let tell you a little bit about them. We have created five different styles; unisex, youth, toddler, baby onesies, and a women’s [Read More…]…

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Noah Made the Honor Roll!

This morning as wife was going through Noah’s backpack before he headed off to school for the day we came across the above picture! Noah made the HONOR ROLL!!!  Now, we’re not the sort of family that puts stickers on the back of their car proclaiming that their child made the honor roll (please don’t [Read More…]…

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We Want You (and Your Family) in Our World Down Syndrome Day Video! (And We’re Giving Away 2 Amazon Fire Kid Tablets!)

We’re making a video for World Down Syndrome Day 2018 (March 21, 2018) and we want you (your family / friends / teachers / grandparents, etc.) in it! We believe that people with special needs are proving what the world thinks about them wrong every day! So we’re going to make a video about it! [Read More…]…

Down Syndrome Resources

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Cooking with Kitty: A YouTube Chef with a Dual Diagnosis

I love seeing people with Down syndrome (and Autism) doing awesome things. As a technology nerd … [Read More...]

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46 Companies That Hire People With Special Needs

Before I became the dad of a child with Down syndrome I didn't pay much attention to companies that … [Read More...]

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Down Syndrome Therapy

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4 Activities to Help Your Child Stand On Their Own

http://youtu.be/39iC8Wu1d8I We're proud to announce that Noah reached another major milestone … [Read More...]

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Signing Update: Noah’s First Sign Language Sentence!

We're a huge fan of teaching Noah baby sign language to help him communicate with us. We have been … [Read More...]

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Down Syndrome Parenting

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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 … [Read More...]

A (New) Letter To Our Son’s Teachers On His First Day Of School

It's hard to believe it's been almost three years since Noah first started to school (and we wrote our first letter to his teachers)...time really … [Read More...]

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