Peace, Love and Pass the ABLE Act

Peace, Love and Pass the ABLE Act about says it. Why the Go Go Girl picture? First, it’s a shameless attempt on my part to post cute Halloween photos. More importantly it’s because the ridiculous $2,000 resource (asset) limit for […]

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Beaming with Pride for Down Syndrome

As promised last week, I wanted to follow up with our Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk from this past Saturday. It was a great day. It is always a great day when you have 10,000 people out celebrating the […]

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DS Walks Have Changed the Face of Down Syndrome

Tomorrow is our Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk in Kansas City. With an expectation of about 8,000 or so folks at Arrowhead Stadium, it is also the largest Down Syndrome Walk in the world. Rachel invited her buddy Congressman […]

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Seclusion and Restraint – Could it be Your Child?

It is Down syndrome awareness month. Many of us have been posting  educational and awareness information about the abilities of people with Down syndrome and the possAbilities for them. We want you to come along on the journey and embrace […]

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Rachel Loving Her Life

We have been busy.  We have been busy with parent-teacher conferences and dinners, preparing for the Kansas City Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk and Rachel’s Razorback’s team, CYT Showcase, Guys & Dolls practice, studying science and social studies vocabulary, […]

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Understanding the “Groove” and Down Syndrome

Since it is Down syndrome awareness month I thought I would share something that I think many of you will find fascinating. Others will have “aha” moments because of it and still others will say “that explains a lot!”  The […]

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That’s the Way We Roll!

A couple of years ago, Rachel and her daddy were able to go to the Olathe City Council meeting where they met Olathe Mayor, Michael Copeland.  He did a Down syndrome awareness month proclamation.  I wasn’t there but apparently Rachel […]

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Power of Inclusion: My Friend George

I guess October is going to be my month to run repeat blogs. Some are good enough to repeat though. In this month of Down syndrome awareness and in honor of George’s birthday,  I am am re-posting and updating a […]

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Winning Peers and Walkers

Frequently people want to know how we have educated Rachel’s peers along this journey.  I must admit that my experience as a 4-H Youth Development Agent working with schools to do educational programs gave me a leg up on this […]

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Paris and Parfaits

Rachel is on a Paris kick. Not sure why since I don’t think Hannah Montana or Lizzie McGuire were there. We spent 30 minutes looking for Lizzie McGuire’s Halloween episode a few nights ago. SMILE!  She always says she wants […]

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