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Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 15:38 in advocacy, down syndrome, siblings
This post was written by Julie Scott-Trask, Oakville, Ontario. An excerpt from "The IDEAL Way to Cook: Food for Thought".David is 59 years old and very proud of it. He is my big brother and he has Down syndrome. Born at a time when there were more qu...
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Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 14:02 in gifts, abilities
Part II of last week's post, "I Heard the Angels Sing, Part I". This post was written by Tracey Coveart, Port Perry, Ontario. An excerpt from "The IDEAL Way to Cook: Food for Thought".Stephanie was diagnosed with autism when she was six. She despise...
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Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 10:06 in developmental delay, children's hospital of eastern ontario (cheo)
This post was written by Tracey Coveart, Port Perry, Ontario. An excerpt from "The IDEAL Way to Cook: Food for Thought".When my daughter was born, I wept uncontrollably. Joy rolled down my cheeks in salty rivulets. I thanked God. I thanked the nurse...
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Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 08:24 in recipes, stories, cookbook
“The IDEAL Way to Cook: Food for Thought” cookbook sits on my desk, hot off the presses. A couple of years ago, friends of Adeline “Addie” Daabous, Executive Director of IDEAL WAY.ca, approached her with the idea of a cookbook. Not just your ...
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Posted on Tuesday October 6th, 2009 at 08:10 in parenting, special needs, down syndrome
This post was written by guest blogger, Sue Mayer, who publishes the blog “Sue Mayer – Special Needs Mom” at http://www.suemayer-specialneedsmom.blogspot.com/.As I began to write this post, I couldn’t help but think of the many times I have w...
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Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 17:52 in inspire, joy, best buddies
"In community people care for each other and not just for the community in the abstract, as a whole, as an institution or as an ideal way of life. It is people that matter; to love and care for the people that are there, just as they are. It is to ca...
Having Down syndrome and Autism in our family, we regularly check out the interesting posts on Just Show Up blog.
Also, IDEAL-WAY.ca is an amazing org that "gets it". Their unique methods to re-educate mainstream people, by publicly empowering persons with intellectual disability, make it the best in the industry, in our opinion.
IDEAL-WAY.ca was even FOUNDED by a guy with Down syndrome!
Presumably, that is how unique thinking must have started.
They actually practice what others seem to just preach.
Posted: February 21st, 2009 | Report This Comment