Posts Tagged ‘down syndrome’
Your Child with Trisomy 21 — A Great Night’s Sleep is Possible!
Your Child with Trisomy 21 — A Great Night’s Sleep is Possible! By Melissa Doman Sleep is important for any child, but for your little one with Trisomy 21, it’s especially important! Sleep is actually a vital process for brain growth and development. It’s your child’s time to process, organize and store all the information…
Read MoreInclusion- A parent perspective.
It’s the last day of Down Syndrome Awareness/Acceptance Month and it has been a month full of advocacy and celebration! At GiGi’s Playhouse NYC, we had our 1st Annual Fashion Show presented by Bloomingdale’s and our most successful Dancing for Down Syndrome fundraiser ever which raised $40,000 to support our community! Through both of these…
Read MoreOctober is Down Syndrome Acceptance Month!
As the days slowly start to become shorter, and the air begins to have that crisp feel to it, we recognize that we are moving into fall. It’s the time of year for football, sweaters, pumpkin spice everything AND Down Syndrome Awareness Month or for us, Down Syndrome ACCEPTANCE Month (DSAM)! October will be devoted…
Read MoreGiGi’s Playhouse Proudly sponsors NDSS Buddy Walk!
Greetings GiGi’s community! I have the great honor and privilege of serving as GiGi’s Playhouse NYC’s Executive Director, having joined this exceptional organization in August. As I look to engage with our passionate community, I will be doing writing regular blog posts and creating monthly newsletters, so that all of you can be kept up-to-date…
Read MoreLearning to Read at 51
by Frank Sawyer When Peter, my brother-in-law, was born with Down syndrome in 1965, there was no GiGi’s Playhouse. He learned colors, numbers and alphabet – but never learned to read. As Peter was growing up it was believed that those with Down syndrome could not learn much more. When Peter moved to New York…
Read MoreGiGi’s Playhouse National Conference
GiGi’s NYC attends National Conference Members of the GiGi’s Playhouse NYC Team attended the national conference at GiGi’s headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. It was a weekend of inspiration, meeting the passionate people from across the country who make GiGi’s a reality in their communities. In all, 38 playhouses were represented, an amazing indicator of how…
Read MoreA Time to Plant
Memorial Day weekend: finally the garden is in. I’m late planting this year – normally the target is mid-May. I’ve had a vegetable garden since I was a young boy. It was inspired by my friend’s mother. One day Skip and I were weeding her garden. She came out with a shovel, dug up a…
Read MoreSunday Brunch at the Playhouse
April 16, 2012 GiGi’s Sunday Brunch or Happiness in Harlem Yesterday we were privileged to be the hosts for GiGi’s Playhouse NYC Sunday Brunch. We also got to be the “grandparents” for every child in the room. For other grandparents reading these words, it’s okay to be a little envious, but please understand, there was no intent…
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