Thanks to Assemblyman Joe Patterson California has signed in resolution bill ACR41 annually in support & recognition of individuals with Down syndrome. This bill recognizes March 21, 2025 as CA Down Syndrome Awareness Day & the week of March 16, 2025 to March 22, 2025 as CA Ds Awareness Week. If you have not yet signed up to participate in this AMAZING event a the State Capitol, I encourage you to do so now. I am so thankful for Assemblyman Patterson & his continued support & recognition for individuals with Ds in CA. This year he also chose to add an additional event to honor individuals with Ds & their families with an Open House at his Rocklin office tonight March 18, 2025 from 5-7pm. I will post the links to both of these events in the comments below & hope to see everyone there. 🥰 (fb)

Typical image we see everyday, teenagers & adults on their phones. Giving #Malachi32 a phone was the BEST decision we made in helping him move towards independence. It has opened doors I once didnt image possible thanks to so many advances in tech. He is able to use @TouchChat to help him seamlessly text friends & family & even order at a restaurant from someone who doesn’t know ASL. This has brought him great joy & I am so grateful for the advances in this AAC app. 😊 Thanks to advances in bluetooth and @oticonusa hearing aids he is able to Facetime, answer calls, watch tv/movies, listen to audio books all along with the assistance of captioning too. Apps like weather allow him to prepare for cold temps so he doesn’t get inflammation from his CAPS condition; & thanks to @life360 he can always see where we are 😋 aka tell mom shes late picking him up 😂 So thank you @apple for changing the world for my extra awesome son with assistive tech & apps that have given him a VOICE & helped him work towards Greater Independence everyday. 🥰 #ThankfulMom #ThankYouApple #apple #iphone #touchchat #AAC #oticon #t21 #downsyndrome #nationaldownsyndromecoalition #morealikethandifferent (fb)