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Celebrate Disability Pride 🌈 Month
How do we feel about disability? “Disability pride” has been defined as accepting and honoring each person’s uniqueness and seeing it as a natural and beautiful part of human diversity.ClipDifferent honors how you are in this world of wonderfully...
Why Wear Colorful Socks on World Down Syndrome Day March 21?
Under a microscope, chromosomes resemble colorful socks. World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) is a celebration marked each year on March 21. The 21st day of March (the 3rd month of the year) was selected to signify the uniqueness of the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st...
Automatic Nail Clippers for Australians Living With a Disability
The Australian Government has taken significant steps since 2010 supporting a better life for people living with a disability. National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was officially established in 2013 and since has assisted 400K people to live more independently....
Are You Blessed to Have a Child Living With Down Syndrome?
“I am! The moment he looked into my eyes I knew.” – Dylan’s mommy Down Syndrome is the largest chromosomal genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of the third copy of chromosome 21. It is usually associated with physical growth delays, mild to...
Kids Love to Clip Their Nails – True Story
With 41 million kiddos running around, that’s a lot of anxious parents trying to clip nails. Have you ever struggled with this routine task? How about tiptoe into a child’s bedroom to trim their nails while they slept? Or asking a partner to help while saying...