Tag: Down syndrome

Giant New Theme Park Will Provide Target Guests Free Admission

Good News Notes: “A new theme Park is currently in development, expecting to break ground in 2023 and be fully completed by 2025, and it has plans to offer free admission to most of its Guests. Spirit of Adventure Park will be a new theme Park located in Wentzville, Missouri, 40 minutes west of St. Louis….

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Meet The US Woman Who Adopted 5 Girls From India

Good News Notes: “At the age of 39, Kristen Grae Williams decided to adopt a baby. “I always dreamt of being a mom and just because I didn’t have a partner, I didn’t want to miss out,” the Cincinnati resident told Humans of Bombay in an interview published yesterday on the occasion of International Day…

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Girl With Down Syndrome Featured In American Girl Catalogue

Good News Notes: “Ivy Kimble, a 4-year-old girl with Down syndrome from Chicago, was included in an October American Girl product catalogue.” “Ivy models a matching red dress along with another child and an American Girl baby doll.” “Ivy’s mom, Kristin Kimble, told ABC Chicago Affiliate WLS in an interview that including children with Down syndrome in…

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More colleges are opening doors to students with intellectual disabilities and giving them life skills and a ticket to employment, but federal funding for some of these programs runs out next year.

 Good News Notes: “It was a bittersweet moment for Casey and Dean Jorgensen, Courtney’s parents, who live two hours away from the college, in Grantsville, Utah. They’d always hoped that their daughter might be able to attend college, but a college education was never a guarantee. They were excited for her, but like many parents…

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Bret Michaels pledges $10,000 donation in honor of pitcher’s daughter

Good News Notes: “Vanderbilt beat Michigan, 8-2, on Wednesday to win the 2019 College World Series.  But the real winners are a charity of Commodores pitcher Tyler Brown’s choice and his family.” “The story that built Brown into the pitcher and person he is caught the attention of former Poison front man Bret Michaels, who…

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Shia LaBeouf says a costar with Down syndrome saved him after problems with alcohol resulted in his arrest

Good News Notes: “In an interview with the UK’s Channel 4 on Friday, Shia LaBeouf told the presenter Cathy Newman that his latest film, “The Peanut Butter Falcon,” saved him after a string of embarrassing incidents that culminated in his arrest in July 2017.” “LaBeouf said it was Gottsagen’s brutal honesty that brought him back from what he has described as…

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We love this homecoming proposal between Down syndrome teens

 Good News Notes: “David Matthew and Saris Marie, both of whom happen to have Down syndrome, met when they were just 3 years old in the lobby of their speech therapists’ office.” “With the help of Saris Marie’s cheerleading coach and her squad from Lake Brantley High School,” David surprised her at a JV football…

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