Down syndrome

What is it like to grow up with a sister who has Down syndrome? I sit back and reflect, trying to imagine life without Leah. The first thing that comes to my mind is that I don’t know who I would be had I grown up any other way. So much of my foundation is … [Read more…]

I always and forever think about all the things about me as a little baby. What I did in the past when I was a little baby. And I will have a lot of wonderful things I do the rest of my life. And I want to say thank you very much to have a … [Read more…]

I was born on July 1, 1982 in Sioux City, Iowa at St. Luke’s Hospital and I was born with Down syndrome and the doctors tell my mom and my dad that your baby has Down syndrome and they tell my mom and my dad that I may never learn to walk and talk and … [Read more…]

Upside Down is a blog that looks at life through two different lenses, one from the perspective of a person who has Down syndrome, and another from the perspective of a person who does not have Down syndrome. That said, I believe it important to introduce the blog with an extremely brief overview of what … [Read more…]