Posts by Jennifer Paganessi
Getting to know Aubrey
If you have attended LMNOP, GiGi Kitchen Adult, or even stepped into GiGi’s Playhouse in Hoffman Estates, you may have seen Aubrey’s smiling face around the playhouse. Aubrey is one…
Read MoreWelcome Sabrina, our new speech pathologist
Happy Friday, GiGi’s Playhouse! We hope you all had a great week and are enjoying your summer. We have another new staff joining our family! Sabrina Brucato is a speech…
Read MoreGiGi’s Amina Grace Speech & Language at Home!
GiGi’s Playhouse Hoffman Estates to proud to serve our families with the FREE 1:1 Amina Grace Speech & Language Program. Yes even during this season where we need to be…
Read MoreFebruary 2020 Newsletter
Chicagoland Gala This Saturday! Still time to get your tickets! Join us on an EXTRA day, to celebrate an EXTRA chromosome, at an EXTRA special celebration! The A Little Something Extra Gala doubles as the party…
Read MoreFall Into Acceptance: Generation G
Generation G is an ongoing journey of global acceptance. Differences do not discriminate. We are all one birth, one accident, one diagnosis or one other defining moment away from being different,…
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Overcoming the Obstacles
Kaytlin was born on February 11, 2012. We did not have a pre-diagnosis of Down syndrome. Shortly after she was born, she was placed in the NICU because her…
Read MoreJames’ Bond
“See the way his eyes are?…. See the way his nose is?…. These are signs of Down syndrome.” I still remember the way my doctor “broke the news.” So matter-of-fact….…
Read MoreSeeing is Believing
“Seeing is believing”. This is a phrase I often use to describe my journey with my daughter. When she was little, people would tell me she was going to sit…
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