{"id":37283,"date":"2015-08-27T09:21:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T14:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/?p=37283"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T17:16:47","slug":"a-daily-stand-for-global-acceptance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/down-syndrome\/a-daily-stand-for-global-acceptance","title":{"rendered":"A Daily Stand for Global Acceptance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friends: today we come to you with troubling news \u2013 news that demonstrates why GiGi\u2019s Playhouse fights so hard every day for Global Acceptance.<\/strong> We BELIEVE that people of all abilities should be treated with dignity. Not everyone does. We believe people of all abilities should be included. Not everyone does. We believe people of all abilities should be extended opportunities to achieve their BEST OF ALL. Not everyone does. Below is an excerpt from an e-mail we received at the National Office last week. All the successes we strive for with our no-fee programs is a true testament to our amazing and talented individuals, families and volunteers. With that said, eradicating situations like the one below and helping people learn the value of Global Acceptance is the path to true social change and the realization of GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Vision.\u00a0<\/strong>Please share this post with a full heart, and with the spirit of teaching people the importance of love, tolerance and acceptance.<\/p>\n

\u201cA friend posted on Facebook today about a dance studio in suburban\u00a0NY that denied entry to a child with Down syndrome. Any advice, support or help would be appreciated.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

[POST] She tried to register her children at \u201cXXX\u201d Dance School. They weren\u2019t interested in her daughter who has Down syndrome. [My friend] said: \u201cSomething happened today to us that parents should NEVER have to go through. I called the owner of \u201cXXX\u201d School to speak to him about possibly registering Anna and Charlotte. I told him Anna has danced for 6 years \u2013 2 at one school\u00a0and most recently, 4 at another school. Then I told him she has Down syndrome. What he said next angered me to the core. He told me he has never, in the 46 years his studio has been in the business, had someone with problems like her, a retarded dancer. He went on to tell me that they wouldn\u2019t be equipped to handle or manage her and that there are special schools of dance for her. He told [a colleague] that he \u201callows people with learning disabilities like dyslexia at his studio because they can keep time.\u201d He ended by saying\u2026\u201cit\u2019s best if she doesn\u2019t come her, now what about your other daughter is she disabled too?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Thank you for reading, and thank you for sharing. It\u2019s very important that WE ALL SHARE this post.<\/strong> We are always stronger together, and together we can use our voices to change the world. Together, we\u00a0can show the owner the true reach of GiGi\u2019s Playhouse in condemning his intolerance and\u00a0viciousness, and at the same time show the world the compassion of GiGi\u2019s Playhouse by not releasing the name of the studio. Together we will always stand for our amazing children, adults and Playhouse families. Together we WILL change society. We will never stop fighting. We WILL be victorious.<\/p>\n

#GiGisBelieves \u00a0 #IHaveAVoice \u00a0#StrongerTogether \u00a0#DownSyndrome \u00a0#footprints \u00a0#GlobalAwareness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friends: today we come to you with troubling news \u2013 news that demonstrates why GiGi\u2019s Playhouse fights so hard every day for Global Acceptance. We BELIEVE that people of all abilities should be treated with dignity. Not everyone does. We believe people of all abilities should be included. Not everyone does. We believe people of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":37219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,95,70,3,110,96,139,163,144],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-i-have-a-voice-2","category-awareness-2","category-des-moines","category-down-syndrome","category-down-syndrome-awareness-2","category-family-story","category-gigis-playhouse-des-moines","category-ia","category-iowa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}