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<\/p>\nOctober 1st began Down syndrome Awareness Month but awareness is not nearly enough. Awareness is simply acknowledging an existence, a challenge, etc. Human beings are so much more than existence or a challenge. Let’s turn our awareness to acceptance!<\/p>\n
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Being part of a now 50 Community network all across the US and Mexico<\/a> we get to see and celebrate individuals with Down syndrome, their families, and their communities every day!\u00a0 They do not benefit from passive \u201cawareness\u201d. Kids do not realize opportunities to excel in school or forge lasting friendships because people are \u201caware\u201d.\u00a0 Adults with Down syndrome are never offered meaningful jobs because employers are \u201caware\u201d.\u00a0 Communities don\u2019t unite to foster more accepting schools and online environments by exercising \u201cawareness\u201d.<\/p>\n As we close out October, we who are a part of this beautiful community know that the mission to change the way the world views Down syndrome does not stop here!\u00a0 So what are some things we can do to keep changing perceptions, creating change, and offering what we have to help?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thank you so all who join us on the mission of changing the way the world views Down syndrome, every bit helps and is moving us forward! Do you have an idea? We would love to hear them. Comment below or feel free to contact us anytime at syracuse@gigisplayhouse.org.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n October 1st began Down syndrome Awareness Month but awareness is not nearly enough. Awareness is simply acknowledging an existence, a challenge, etc. Human beings are so much more than existence or a challenge. Let’s turn our awareness to acceptance! Acceptance is an ACTION and a commitment to extending consistent value, approval, and empowerment. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":88458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[306,316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-down-syndrome-awareness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Hope, progress, achievement, friendships, wellness, academics, employment, and lasting change result from ACTION: the action of ACCEPTANCE.<\/h4>\n
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