Dear Medical Professionals

Young girl with Down syndrome in a blue dress wearing a hat and sunglasses

In my opinion, I was lucky that we had a birth diagnosis. If you ask Tim he would disagree – he would have rather known ahead of time. But in a Facebook group, I just read about a parent pregnant and not enjoying her pregnancy because of the repeated urging of doctors to not have…

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Defining Down Syndrome

Black and white photo of a young girl with Down syndrome

“Down Syndrome – It means different things to different people.  For me,  the meaning has evolved over the years as we’ve journeyed through life with Maylee,  my 12-year-old daughter. When Maylee was born,  Down syndrome was a “Curve Ball”.  We didn’t learn that Maylee had Down syndrome until the day she was born.  I remember…

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Congratulations, Joe and the Class of 2021!

Graduate with Down syndrome wearing a blue graduation cap and smiling

As the 2021-2022 school year starts, we want to take a moment to recognize our recent graduates and #inspire students to achieve their #BestOfAll this year. We are so proud of our friend Joe and other Class of 2021 graduates! Joe was able to benefit from GiGi’s At Home virtual literacy and math tutoring this…

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