Thank you,

Catherine

I just started Fabulous with 47! to support families in Southern Maryland with a child with Down syndrome and to raise awareness and acceptance of individuals with disabilities. I am particularly interested in helping families cope with the stresses and emotions following the diagnosis. I think Fabulous with 47! would be a good site to list!

Thanks!
Catherine Grube

We would like to have a link on your site although our site is in dutch.

We are building a small-scale holidaypark in France especially for families with disabled children. This 2009 the park opens with a minicamping for children with Downsyndrome and their families. The park will be build further year by year en become more prettier than it already is. We are a non-profit organisation and work with volunteers and sponsors because we think that a holiday at our place must be reachable for every family.

Because we have no marketing budget, we must find other ways to reach families with Downsyndrome children and you can help us with this. We are very thankfull if you can arrange al link to us at your website.

Kind regards,
Annemarie Jansen
volunteer from the start of Puylagorge

I am sending you some information and links on our group for you to consider for your website.

I am the founder of the Team Possibles – an integrated studio art program for young adults. In Spring 07, I was invited by the NSDSS to develop a pilot art class for our young people with DS. Since that time, we have grown into a rich and integrated program that includes partners and volunteers from the broader community. The results have been startling, and a testament to the importance of providing quality resources and never underestimating our members.

We have worked with the Atlantic Fim Festival, Atlantic Film-makers Coop, Halifax Regional Municipality Junior Leaders, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and Forrestall Fine Art. Starting January 09, we will be working with the Visual Connections Art Gallery and the Duke Of Edinburgh Award organization.

Team Possibles operates with the support of our local Recreation Department, the NSDSS, and other granting organizations. Centred around studio projects, punctuated by social and physical activities, the group serves youth from NSDSS and their peers from university and high school.

I am a mother to Marie (she is 18 years old with T-21). I have over twenty years experience as an Art Specialist Teacher, and as a professional artist. In recent years, I have taught with the Education Departments at NSCAD and Mount Saint Vincent Universities as an art education Instructor for their BEd programs. I am also a studio Instructor for the NSCAD University’s BFA program. I currently work with the Halifax Regional School Board as a full-time art education teacher/consultant.

We operate in terms to parallel the school/college calendar. During Winter 09, we will be offering Team Possibles Zine. We are working with our City Recreation program and Anchor Archive Screen–Printing Cooperative to establish a print shop for the Team to learn photo-screen printing and other printing methods. The work will culminate in exhibitions at the recreation centre and at the Visual Connections gallery and hopefully at the CDSS conference.

Here are some links to our Blogs – you may be interested to see what we do.
Hope you enjoy our work.
Thank you
Renee Forrestall

http://teampossiblesmovie.blogspot.com/
2008 Winter and Spring: Team Possibles – The Movie
The Team created two films with the Viewfinders Film Festival and the Atlantic Film-maker’s Coop.
They worked on a mask-making and costume design project for an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and made a film using shadow puppets that they had made.

http://teampossibles.blogspot.com/
2007 Fall Term: Teen Exhibition
We created an exhibition of photographs and had an opening at the Forrestall Fine Art Gallery: the exhibit was attended by the Lieutenant Governor of N.S..

http://teampossiblescamp.blogspot.com/
2008 Summer Term: Team Possibles – Outdoor Adventure Art Camp
The Team hiked around many city parks and created art works in a natural environment using found materials. The adventures also included visiting a museum and the Busker’s Festival.

http://teampossiblesstylefashion.blogspot.com/
2008 Fall Term: Team Possibles – Style and Fashion
The Team opened their second public art exhibition at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
The Team worked with a local artist on creating wearable art and a fashion show.
They created fashion photographs and posters and had their first experience working in a Darkroom.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/08/AR2008110802462.html?sub=AR

The first interview for this was done October 7, the day before Tripp went back to the hospital the first time. The second was done the next day, when Justin’s birth parents arrived from Taiwan to visit and the photos were taken.

I thank God that perhaps some baby with Down syndrome might be saved to live a full life and to increase the fullness of all the surrounding lives. That’s the beauty of God’s work – I don’t even know how or when it happens. I just know it will.

Matthew Nicholas Vawter
Days with Dylan
Finnian’s Journey
Beneath the wings
ever forward, Maya
Raising Reid
Cornish Adoption Journey
A story of Down syndrome

Thank you for sharing your journeys with us…….