#ShePersisted: The Disability Edition – a Persistent Book List by Sandy Ho
#ShePersisted: The Disability Edition – a Persistent Book List by Sandy Ho – a complete list of kick-ass books related to persisting.
The Beauty of the ADA, by Susan Henderson
In the spring of 1977, I took a quarter off from college, quit my job, and with my best friend bought a 1966 VW camper van to explore the United States. Before we left we spent a warm April day (California was in a drought and Jerry Brown was governor, how odd!) practicing the manual…
Why It’s Time to Start Telling the Truth about a Down syndrome Diagnosis, by Leticia Hodson
I was listening to a story recently of a woman who became pregnant with her first child when she was just 16. My mouth sat open wide as she explained how hard she had to fight to keep her baby, being a “good Catholic girl” in the 1960s. It was the norm back then. Young…
Our story: these hands. Guest Post by Mark W. Leach
The hands of people can tell you many things. The hands of those with Down syndrome are no different. Beyond the insight provided from palm reading, noticing a person’s hands can tell you a bit of their story: dirt under the fingernails of someone who works in the garden; calloused palms of someone who pulls ropes…
Month with Moxie: Celebration Giveaway! Guest Post on To The Max/Parents!
I am delighted to be guest posting over at To the Max today, on the Parents website. It's a post called, What People With Down Syndrome Bring To The World: EVERYTHING and I hope you will go over there and read it. For those of you that are visiting here from reading my post there,…
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Bloom: A Guest Post Today AND Moxie and Micah Play!
Long before Kelle Hampton wrote a book called, “Bloom”, there was an awesome special-needs parenting blog called Bloom. It’s run by Louise Kinross of the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (in Canada) and it is simply a “must”. A must for your blogroll – and if you can, read the magazine that they produce –…
The Short Bus. Guest Post by Lexi Magnusson
April is Austism Awareness Month. April is almost over, and I am so, so happy to have Lexi Magnusson guest posting today. Lexi, because her profile picture on Facebook is a kitten with huge, sharp teeth – which I think says a lot about her and her style. She’s a sensitive mama with sharp edges…