What can be possible if you do not limit your expectations.
There are things we never forget, some bring a smile to our face and for some, we just shake our heads and wonder what we were thinking. As Bart Cummings put it, ‘in hindsight, everything is much clearer’. Continue reading Learn, Understand and Accept
On January 1, 2020, who would have thought the year would turn out the way it did? A year that we were socially and physically distancing but brought together digitally. It was a year of discoveries for us…. Continue reading Who would have thought…?
Disability is part of the human experience. it has been said that, at some point in our lives, we will be temporarily or permanently impaired! Today, is our day and if you grew up and attended a public basic school, then you know the significance of these words and the song ‘our day, our day…our day!’ 🙂 Continue reading Our day, our day…
When we believe, amazing things happen. Today, I am here to encourage you to believe in yourself so much that those around you have no choice than to believe too. As human beings, we are more capable than we sometimes give ourselves and others credit for. Please don’t put a limit on anyone, no matter their circumstances because it is simply not your place to do so. Continue reading It is all possible…
John C Maxwell said, ‘everybody shares their dream but only few shares the journey.’ I chose to share our journey with Down syndrome because it is easier that way and also to give Down syndrome a face and and voice… Continue reading The Journey So Far…
Sometimes we have so much to say we don’t know where to begin. I am in that situation right now and I decided to let my ink lead me and I like where it led. What do you really know? I hope you are ready to learn something new. October is Down syndrome awareness month… Continue reading What do you know?
March 21, is a day set aside by the United Nations to celebrate individuals born/living with Down syndrome and to create public awareness about this genetic condition. The theme for this year’s celebration is #WeDecide. In line with this year’s theme, we (yes, you too) hereby decide to support people with Down syndrome to have full participation in decision making on matters relating to/or affecting their lives, which is a human rights principle supported by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Continue reading To Whom It May Concern – Kofi Entsi Yankson
So what does school heads mean when they say they don’t have the personnel? Oh I get it, the special education course is just theory, similar to everything else…. all talk, no action! Continue reading INCLUSIVE VS SPECIAL EDUCATION….
Kofi was born with Down syndrome in 2013. After a year of many struggles, including the struggle to find a school that will take him in so I can go back to work full time, we finally found a school through a referral from Down Syndrome International, a UK-based NGO that works for and with individuals with Down syndrome, we got a school for him in the month he was to turn one year old. Continue reading WE CAN DANCE
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