Empowering Dreams Through the ABLE Act
PART OF OUR RESOURCE 2024 SERIES: Expanding your options and your community Featuring guest blogger, parent, advocate, Jawanda Mast ....
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Empowering Independence: Ensuring Safety & Security
INCLUDING: How to be Home Alone & How to Promote Safe Online Experiences Safety and security understandably stand as the primary concern...
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Preparing for Independence: Getting Off on the Right Foot
INCLUDING: Setting Mindset and the Parent's Role The world has changed and the possibilities are endless. Now, our children with Down...
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Free Online Resources for Children with Down Syndrome
PART OF OUR RESOURCE 2024 SERIES: Expanding your options and your community Featuring guest blogger, mum, and CEO of Learn and Thrive, Jo...
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Learning to Manage Friends & Strangers
PLUS: Tips on Dating, Sex, and the "M" word! From the moment of their birth, we simply hope our kids are happy and know love. Yet we...
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Trusting My Intuition: Advocating for My Son with Down Syndrome
PART OF OUR RESOURCE 2024 SERIES: Expanding your options and your community Featuring guest blogger, real estate specialist, co-founder...
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Independence Day for Down Syndrome!
Independence can seem overwhelming. These 10 pillars make possibilities REALITY!
PLUS: Enjoy 25% OFF our Essential Guide!
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Everything You Need to Know About SSI
PART OF OUR RESOURCE 2024 SERIES: Expanding your options and your community Featuring guest blogger and special needs financial planner...
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Housing Options for People with DS
There are many options, but doing nothing should not be one of them! In our personal experience and during our many coast-to-coast...
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The Value, Risks, and Process of Getting a Job
Getting a Job Can Be Both Alluring and Dangerous There are many reasons to secure a job. The process is often not simple or quick and can...
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Passion Prevails: Words of Wisdom from a Lifelong Advocate
PART OF OUR RESOURCE 2024 SERIES: Expanding your options and your community Featuring guest blogger, parent, and family and disability...
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The Low Down on Higher Education for People with IDD
PART OF OUR RESOURCE 2024 SERIES: Expanding your options and your community Featuring guest blogger, parent, and advocate Dr. Chelsea...
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Extended Lifespan Offers Opportunity & Challenge
CELEBRATING THE JOURNEY ON WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY Four facts should prompt you to action: #1: As recently as the '80s the average...
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The Making of an Advocate: Using Your Voice for Good
PART OF OUR RESOURCE 2024 SERIES: Expanding your options and your community Featuring guest blogger, parent, and advocate Jawanda Mast. I...
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Introducing GiGi's in the Big Apple
PART OF OUR RESOURCE 2024 SERIES: Expanding your options and your community GiGi’s Playhouse is a one-of-a-kind achievement center for...
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Talking About Down Syndrome With Family, Friends, & Professionals
Advocating for your loved one through every stage of life When our loved one with Down syndrome is, we are confronted with many different...
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Independence Resources for Adults with Down Syndrome
It's never too early, nor too late, to plan for independence Through the Beyond Down Syndrome blogs over the last 3 years, we've covered...
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The Inclusive College Experience at ClemsonLIFE
There are currently 310 post-secondary education (PSE) programs located across 49 states. As the number of programs continues to expand...
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LuMind IDSC: Pursuing a World without Alzheimer's
Most of us know a family member or friend with dementia or Alzheimer's disease. In fact, nearly all of us do! Adults with Down syndrome...
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Celebrating Marbridge: A Model Living Community
For those of you who joined the Beyond Down Syndrome journey a while ago, you may know our daughter, Gwendolyn, now 29, achieved her...
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