down syndrome

As the mother to a 10-year-old boy with Down syndrome, I constantly search for and even engineer environments where my son is welcome.

“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”

Kathryn Meade is what we might call a badass. Athlete, non-profit global ambassador, public speaker, and now, the new face of Beauty & Pin-up hair care products. Also? Katie has Down Syndrome.

Six months after my first benzodiazepine prescription, I was in a personal tsunami, a surge of water so deep I could barely see.

Judith Scott remained nearly deaf and completely non-verbal her entire life. Her powerful art is currently on display at the Brooklyn Museum.