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First Word: Enter new doctor appointments with an information sheet. Second Word: Don’t settle. Find the right doctor. Third Word: Get an accurate diagnosis if a secondary diagnosis is suspected. [...]

The Starting Gate Where do you start if you want to teach your child to read? Or if you want to make sure all the reading bases are covered in the classroom? What if you’ve already tried to [...]

Figure It Out, Tell the Educator, Put it in the IEP This is not an exhaustive study of the different learning styles of children/teens with Down syndrome; there is Google for that. Instead, this [...]

While we’re on the topic of Personal Books… Let’s talk about apps! Many thanks to Facebook mom Lisa Graebner Orvis for tipping us off to 4 apps that will help digitally-incined [...]

“Our son learned to read with those books!” Last month in Denver at the NDSC Conference, I was at my Special Reads booth when a couple walked by. They pointed to the Spaghetti and I [...]

Let’s Hear It For Personal Books! Fortunately, the word is spreading, and there is more and more talk in DS circles about creating personal books to teach reading. Personal books [...]

Essential Reading! I wouldn’t blog again on a previous topic unless it was essential reading, and this one is. In fact, I think it’s beyond essential for every parent of an individual [...]

When tempted, I can really get up on my soapbox about this! So let me calm down, sip on some soothing Chamomile tea, and proceed.  What Comes First? First off, let me say that sight word reading [...]

On Fridays, I post a Reading Blog; but Tuesday blogs are reserved for other Down syndrome topics and issues. Today is Personality Day! “Personality is, thank God, one of the few things [...]

Hot, Hot, Hot Here comes a hot topic, or maybe I should say a “hot under the collar” topic, since so many of us have struggled with this issue. Some weeks ago I wrote a blog that included tips [...]