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Oct 22
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October Down Syndrome Awareness Month-Day 22!

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Day 22 of October Down Syndrome Awareness Month! We are celebrating people with Down syndrome by sharing our local individuals with Down syndrome every day this month with their stories. Help spread awareness, acceptance, and meaningful inclusion in schools and community!??
Grace is 19 years old, almost 20! Grace loves music, dancing and having fun with friends and family. She attends Project Bridge at Shake-A-Leg Miami where she is learning career and vocational skills as well as occasionally going out on the water sailing. She swims with Baywatchers and Synchronized Swimming with DSAOM. Grace is thankful for Broward Gold Coast‘s events and programs!
Beth McLaughlin Long
Oct 21
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October Down Syndrome Awareness Month-Day 21!

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Day 21 of October Down Syndrome Awareness Month! We are celebrating people with Down syndrome by sharing our local individuals with Down syndrome every day this month with their stories. Help spread awareness, acceptance, and meaningful inclusion in schools and community!??
Before Covid, Colin spent 4 days a week taking 1 to 3 classes a day at the David Posnack JCC in Cooper City. He also worked at the Cyclebar in Davie three nights a week. We are “patiently” waiting for Covid to pass by taking online classes. Laura Mitchell
Oct 21
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GLOBAL Medical Care Guidelines for Adults with Down Syndrome

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Global Down Syndrome Foundation
A REASON TO CELEBRATE Down Syndrome Awareness Month! The GLOBAL Medical Care Guidelines for Adults with Down Syndrome© was published today in JAMA!
Join our authors’ webinar Wed Oct 21 and access this game-changing new resource.
To access the Global Guideline, visit: https://bit.ly/34cghKE
To register for our webinar, visit: https://bit.ly/3dJfuEf
THANK YOU to our authors from Advocate Health Care in Chicago,

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Kennedy Krieger Institute at Johns Hopkins University, University of Kansas Medical Center, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

, and Denver Health-University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus SOM.

“The GLOBAL Medical Care Guidelines for Adults with Down Syndrome provide first of-kind, evidence-based medical recommendations to support clinicians in their care of adults with Down syndrome. This life-changing resource as published in JAMA covers 9 topic areas deemed critically important for the health and well-being of adults with Down syndrome and outlines critical future research needs. Adults with Down syndrome and their caregivers should review the GLOBAL Guidelines with their clinicians to ensure they are receiving care meeting best-practice standards for adults with Down syndrome!”

 

Oct 20
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October Down Syndrome Awareness Month-Day 20!

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Day 20 of October Down Syndrome Awareness Month! We are celebrating people with Down syndrome by sharing our local individuals with Down syndrome every day this month with their stories. Help spread awareness, acceptance, and meaningful inclusion in schools and community!??
Isabella is a very caring and loving young lady who is all about her family and friends. She enjoys listening to music, singing, dancing, and “chilling” with friends. She is a cheerleader, loves acting, and has recently gotten into cooking. She is also very adventurous, having done an 11 zip line course this summer as well as white water rafting.
Juan and Lizett Acosta
Oct 19
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October Down Syndrome Awareness Month-Day 19!

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Day 19 of October Down Syndrome Awareness Month! We are celebrating people with Down syndrome by sharing our local individuals with Down syndrome every day this month with their stories. Help spread awareness, acceptance, and meaningful inclusion in schools and community!??
Chad Whitson is 23 years old and is a very happy loving fun sweet guy…he goes to L.I.F.E. Adult Day Training school and loves it !! But we been doing Zoom lately school…Chad loves to go to breakfast with his dad he loves to help with laundry vacuuming and his favorite is cooking with momma. Chad is a uncle to sweet Luke and loves him to pieces ? Chad also loves his family and having family parties. He loves to go to Marlins baseball games.
Lucy Whitson
Oct 18
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October Down Syndrome Awareness Month-Day 18!

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Day 18 of October Down Syndrome Awareness Month! We are celebrating people with Down syndrome by sharing our local individuals with Down syndrome every day this month with their stories. Help spread awareness, acceptance, and meaningful inclusion in schools and community!??
Our beautiful daughter Gaby, who loves sports is sweet, kind, and honestly she is amazing all around. She practices gymnastics, likes swimming and obstacles courses. Gaby enjoys music and playing board games.
Our experience living by her side have been motivated and gratifying for us. We admire her and are super proud of her achievements. We love her just the way she is. Mom and Dad.
Anabel Cano.
Oct 17
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i EXTRA love you Virtual Exhibition 10-24-20

By Events

Hi everyone! Happy Down syndrome awareness month ???

Due to Covid-19 we had to postpone our i EXTRA love you exhibition in March, I was hoping we could meet in person and celebrate in October but we are unable to.

This year is all about adapting! I am happy to share that the 2020 portraits will be shared during a virtual exhibition on October 24th at 11am.  i EXTRA love you Virtual Exhibition will be hosted on Zoom this year and I hope everyone can join!

I kindly ask that guests make a $5 donation to Broward Gold Coast Down Syndrome Org.  The i EXTRA love you portrait project was born at Broward Gold Coast and due to the cancellation of this years walk, they need our support ?

With love,
Daniela

Link for donation https://bgcdownsyndrome.org/donate-volunteer/

 

Oct 17
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October Down Syndrome Awareness Month-Day 17!

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Day 17 of October Down Syndrome Awareness Month! We are celebrating people with Down syndrome by sharing our local individuals with Down syndrome every day this month with their stories. Help spread awareness, acceptance, and meaningful inclusion in schools and community!??
Diego is 11 years old, he’s a happy kid who loves his family and his dog Pinky and he likes to play baseball and help others. Claudia Pena
Oct 16
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October Down Syndrome Awareness Month-Day 16!

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Day 16 of October Down Syndrome Awareness Month! We are celebrating people with Down syndrome by sharing our local individuals with Down syndrome every day this month with their stories. Help spread awareness, acceptance, and meaningful inclusion in schools and community!??

Cassandra is our multiple miracle baby. She grew in vitro and was frozen as an embryo for 18 months and was the best embryo of all to thaw. A lot of embryos with Down syndrome don’t make it through pregnancy, but she made it to full term even with a partially detached placenta. Best of all, she was born healthy at 7 pounds and 14 ounces just needing a UV light blanket for her jaundice, and the holes or gaps in her heart healed on their own. She is now 15 months old and has eight teeth and can crawl and cruise and climb and feed herself and help put on and take off her clothes, and she says dadada and mamama and uses sign language to sign for “more.” She loves to play with all toys—especially musical toys—loves to ride her choo choo train toy and loves to play peekaboo and make faces and babble. Her hugs, kisses, smiles and games bring her two year old sister and
her parents so much joy.
Olga Ruiz Baken
#downsyndromeawarenessmonth
#StepUp4DownSyndrome
#inclusionmatters
#Extraordinary
#theluckyfew

Oct 15
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i EXTRA love you Virtual Exhibition – Saturday, October 24, 2020!

By BGCDSO Families, Events, Fundraising
To celebrate Down syndrome Awareness Month, the 2020 i EXTRA love you portrait project will host a virtual exhibition on Zoom!
Join us on October 24th at 11am as we raise awareness for Down syndrome, share stories and celebrate diversity & inclusion.
The i EXTRA love you portrait project kindly asks that guests make a $5 donation to Broward Gold Coast Down Syndrome Org.
Zoom registration and link will be available soon.
Link for donation https://bgcdownsyndrome.org/donate-volunteer/
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