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Buffalo, NY
Joined January 2017
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Today is the day! Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, show us your socks. Add your photo in the comments (on the original post) and then share the post on your profile. Let's see how many socks we can get! 😀 #LotsOfSocks #WorldDownSyndromeDay
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Happy #WorldDownSyndromeDay ✌🏻💜☀️ from me and Cool Breeze / 3.21 / three copies of 21st chromosome / #downsyndrome #trisomy21
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Happy #DownSyndromeAwarenessMonth! This month and every month, we celebrate the inspiring and compassionate people we love with #Downsyndrome. Global encourages YOU to learn more about Down syndrome, and create awareness beyond the month of October! 🎉
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So excited to meet @KelleHampton at @OxfordPennant RSVP @ bit.ly/Kelle-21c #inclusion – at Buffalo, NY
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Supporting Positive Behavior in People with Down syndrome with Dr. David Stein! An all-day seminar from The 21 Club, part of The Indium Corporation & Maccartney Family Foundation Speaker Series. Join us on Friday, September 27th from 9:30 am-2:00 pm at the Delta Hotels in Utica!
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Great article @seankirst @TheBuffaloNews #downsyndrome #buffalove. Unified basketball program a great example of #inclusion💜
Hey #Buffalo - the new @exploremore716 children’s museum is opening soon! Let’s get @BlippiOfficial to come visit for a @youtube show! RT 🙏🏻✌🏻💜
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Thanks ⁦@sypcoffee⁩ for the thoughtful gift! ⁦@zayjones11⁩ cameo with a ⁦@21connect⁩ shout! #buffalove #Downsyndrome
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Celebrating #WorldDownSyndromeDay with 21_Connect's Matt Lasher, who says his son has changed him for the better. tinyurl.com/yy8tayn9 @NicholasLippa
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The Daybreakers are sporting these awesome tie-dye socks, made with love, by special needs students at Olean Middle School for #WorldDownSyndromeDay! #LotsOfSocks @wgrz @wgrzMichael @pathammer
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Come hang with us and @brianskotko on 11/9 #buffalo - bit.ly/SkotkoDS
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Two of our first_connection welcome baskets going out this week! #buffalove #downsyndrome
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If you ever catch yourself using the R-word here is a list of 15 words you can use instead! Be a nice person! 😊 #SpreadTheWordToEndTheWord – at Normal, IL
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'Language matters': Campaign aims to stop use of the R-word on.today.com/2FybQhG
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Thank you @TODAYshow for helping us spread the word to end the #Rword! Make your pledge ➡️ r-word.org xitter.cf/TODAYshow/status/97142…
'Language matters': Campaign aims to stop use of the R-word on.today.com/2FybQhG
Kris and Paul Scharoun-DeForge, who both have down syndrome, were married in 1993 and continue to live in their own apartment even as Paul struggles with the onset of dementia. Photos by @DerekGeePhoto buffalonews.com/2018/02/13/g…
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ICYMI: “I should not have 2 justify my existence”- Frank Stephens powerful testimony in D.C. c-span.org/video/?c468783…
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October = Fall leaves, cider donuts, and #Downsyndrome awareness. 💜 @21connect
Good turn out for Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk today! #buffalove @DSPGWNY @21connect @WestHerr
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