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Five Awesome Advocacy Videos – Plus One More!
Five Awesome Advocacy Videos – Plus One More!

Five Awesome Advocacy Videos – Plus One More!

From the Many Awesome Videos Shared on or around World Down Syndrome Day 2018 (WDSD18) –

Here are five (plus one) you should check out for sure!

Dear Future Mom

CoorDown has done it again with another original video. These are the folks who brought the world “Dear Future Mom” four years ago. In fact, let’s start with that one because, yeah, you’ll see:

So great.
I will tell you, though, Marcus is not a fan. He feels that the sad music (minor chords, ya know) do not accurately portray the message of the film.

Lea Goes to School

This Year’s

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Marcus Speaks His Truth
Marcus Speaks His Truth

Marcus Speaks His Truth

Early in Amy and the Orphans, is the line, “I speak my truth.” Today we’re going to hear a #Truth Marcus shared with me about the show.

We celebrate Amy and the Orphans, with Jamie Brewer (Amy) and Eddie Barbanell (Andy u/s) for many reasons. One is that while the audience is lulled by small identifying steps with characters who are “typical,” they are simultaneously being prepped to listen to a person

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Links to Recently Shared Advocacy Stories
Links to Recently Shared Advocacy Stories

Links to Recently Shared Advocacy Stories

This week we shared stories that advocate for and with people with disabilities from around the world. Really great stuff.

Here is a line-up of the links and take a trip down the rabbit-hole-of-awesomeness for more!

We shared “Simon” and “Happy Birthday CJ”
We identified some of the key, important messages and shared them together with a recap here in “Getting the Advocate Message”
Simon is only one of eight great stories. Check out The Amy Street Productions: http://www.amystreet.net
We can all use the super short advice from SCOPE in the UK –

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Getting the Advocate Message
Getting the Advocate Message

Getting the Advocate Message

Marcus and I spoke together at a conference yesterday. The focus of the association and its mission is

to promote, find or create, then continue supported and meaningful employment for people with disabilities. Their theme: “Mission Possible.”

Love it!

We shared a few advocate stories from around the world. Today we are sharing them with you, too. The first one is from New Zealand, where a film company has made eight short films focusing on people in their community. (See “Celeste is Brilliant” here and watch all of them here.)

In this short

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Dear Future Mom

Lea Goes to School

In this short

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