{"id":90972,"date":"2024-03-13T11:08:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T15:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=90972"},"modified":"2024-03-13T11:52:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T15:52:31","slug":"lets-celebrate-world-down-syndrome-day-march-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2024\/03\/13\/lets-celebrate-world-down-syndrome-day-march-21st\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Celebrate World Down Syndrome Day on March 21st!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>From DSC:<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Let&#8217;s celebrate World Down Syndrome Day on March 21st! The theme is &#8220;End The Stereotypes.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">And for me, there is no &#8220;normal&#8221; anymore. That&#8217;s a word that has increasingly been pushed out of my vocabulary. I don&#8217;t believe in it anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Along these lines, here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worlddownsyndromeday.org\/end-the-stereotypes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the quotes from the website:<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Some people think that people with Down syndrome can\u2019t live \u2018normal\u2019 lives. That\u2019s wrong! And what is \u2018normal\u2019 anyway? <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>My life is similar to lots of my family and friends. I went to my local school, I\u2019m involved in a local orchestra and the scouts. I am training to be a teaching assistant. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>All of this for me is \u2018normal\u2019, just like everyone else.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worlddownsyndromeday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-90974 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WorldDownSynDay-EndStereotypes2024-1024x783.jpg\" alt=\"World Down Syndrome Day for 2024 -- with the theme being End The Stereotypes\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WorldDownSynDay-EndStereotypes2024-1024x783.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WorldDownSynDay-EndStereotypes2024-150x115.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WorldDownSynDay-EndStereotypes2024-768x587.jpg 768w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/WorldDownSynDay-EndStereotypes2024.jpg 1099w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worlddownsyndromeday.org\/what-is-down-syndrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-90980\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AboutDownSyndrome-1024x751.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AboutDownSyndrome-1024x751.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AboutDownSyndrome-150x110.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AboutDownSyndrome-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AboutDownSyndrome.jpg 1460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charityfootprints.com\/IMDSAawareness2024\/eventdetails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Let&#8217;s Celebrate World Down Syndrome Day 2024 on March 21st!!!<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from charityfootprints.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charityfootprints.com\/IMDSAawareness2024\/eventdetails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-90973 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMDSA-2024-WorldDownSynDay.jpg\" alt=\"Let's Celebrate World Down Syndrome Day 2024 on March 21st!\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMDSA-2024-WorldDownSynDay.jpg 955w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMDSA-2024-WorldDownSynDay-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMDSA-2024-WorldDownSynDay-768x329.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdsa.org\/mosaic-down-syndrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imdsa.org\/resources\/Pictures\/IMDSA%20Logo.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic Down Syndrome\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From DSC: Let&#8217;s celebrate World Down Syndrome Day on March 21st! The theme is &#8220;End The Stereotypes.&#8221; And for me, there is no &#8220;normal&#8221; anymore. That&#8217;s a word that has increasingly been pushed out of my vocabulary. I don&#8217;t believe in it anymore. Along these lines, here&#8217;s one of the quotes from the website: Some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[374,851,382,480,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-learning","category-bias-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei","category-neurodivergent-special-needs","category-society","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90972"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90983,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90972\/revisions\/90983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}