Today is World Down Syndrome Day 2018! According to Down Syndrome International, World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) is a global awareness day that was first observed in 2006 and which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. The United Nations General Assembly decided to “designate 21 March as World Down Syndrome Day, …
World Down Syndrome Day
Today is March 21, also World Down Syndrome Day. I’ve written about World Down Syndrome Day before, in 2013, 2012, 2011 and my personal favorite 2009. They’re all worth a read but if you could only read one I’d probably say it should be 2009. The United Nations General Assembly officially declared March 21 as …
Today, March 21, is World Down Syndrome Day. The United Nations General Assembly officially declared March 21 as World Down Syndrome Day back in 2011, even though people had already been observing it for a few years before that. World Down Syndrome Day is recognized on this day because being the twenty-first day of the …
Today is World Down Syndrome Day. Though celebrated since 2006, this is the first year the date is officially recognized by the United Nations. This date, the 21st day of the third month of the year, symbolizes the third copy of chromosome 21 present in Trisomy 21, the most common form of Down syndrome. I …
I woke up this morning at 3:40 so I could get ready for work. Today was a day much like many others and yet a little bit different. Today, you see, is World Down Syndrome Day. World Down Syndrome Day occurs each year on March 21. The reason March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day …
Today’s prompt in the 31 Day Challenge is Something that bugs you. Nothing bugs me more than the misuse and abuse of the word retarded. NOTHING. I’ve written about it before and will be writing about it again I’m sure. It’s wrong, hurtful and ignorant. My favorite post is my 2009 post for World Down …
FYI – This was an original post to the New Jersey Moms Blog, which is no longer live. It was published on 03/22/09. The link to it is/was http://svmomblog.typepad.com/new_jersey_moms_blog/2009/03/the-problem-with-apologies-pic-sent.html. If you put the link into the wayback machine you can read the comments as well. Prior to the election I was never completely bowled over …
In a day where people use the word retarded all too easily it is obvious that our society could benefit from more advocacy, education and positive exposure of special needs. To that end, today – World Down Syndrome Day – I would like to tell you about my nine year old son, who has Down …