PART OF OUR RESOURCE 2024 SERIES: Expanding your options and your community Featuring guest blogger, educator, author, and advocate,...

PART OF OUR RESOURCE 2024 SERIES: Expanding your options and your community Featuring guest blogger and special needs planning attorney...

Guiding Principles for Parents of People with Down Syndrome A while back, Beyond Down Syndrome surveyed parents about their hopes and...

Adults with Down syndrome often drop subtle clues to their thoughts & dreams "Gwen May Not Speak" I've always been curious about the...

Early Questions Spark Initiative and Possibilities Noah was born in June 2018, and we had no idea that he was going to have Down...

Two common predicaments at 18-22 and how to solve them According to many parents, when our self-advocates reach the ages of 18-22 it...

Connecting black families to resources to improve lives in a most fulfilling way March 10, 2019 changed my life forever. The eager...

Numerous developments over the last few decades have helped extend the average lifespan for people with Down syndrome from 25 to 65+...

How to Learn, Challenge, Teach, and Partner with Teachers, Doctors, and More As parents, our relationship with teachers, doctors, and...

It's Never Too Early to Prepare for Independence For new parents, independence for their child with Down syndrome may seem like only a...

Despite tremendous recent advances in the knowledge and inclusion of those with Down syndrome, there remain many misconceptions even...

Independence. It sounds so freeing, so autonomous, and so empowering! Yet when we consider independence in terms of our loved ones with...

To be honest, "inclusion" was always a sensitive word for us. Sure, as new parents of a beautiful daughter with Down syndrome, we had...

10 Pitfalls to Prepare for in Advance We may plan for years for independence for our adults with Down syndrome by providing...

It's never too early...or too late...to plan Through the Beyond Down Syndrome blogs over the last 18 months, we've covered a wide variety...

How We Played, Teased, Aggravated, and Leaned on Each Other Gwendolyn is nearly 27. She is the oldest of three kids of Steve and...

What to do when your adult with Down syndrome feels sluggish We all plateau at times. We get kinda sluggish, stuck in a rut, losing some...

...and what we can do about them now! Including Cooking with Gwendolyn: French Toast + Sausage...Yum. Being a parent of a child with...

Understanding the Spectrum of Down Syndrome and What We Can Do Now Including Gwendolyn performing "I Am Beautiful" in commemoration of DS...

4 Tips for New Parents For new parents, independence for their child with Down syndrome may seem like only a distant dream. It is so far...