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My son is 20 with Down Syndrome and he has not registered to vote yet. He did have to register for selective service at 18 though so if he wants to vote he should be able to. He does want to because his dad and I voted and so did his younger sister. I promised him I would register him for the...

Another Oboe mom here. My D recently finished her college auditions. I have always tried to let her explore different things. She danced for 6 years and then did cheerleading. She played violin and oboe until this year when she focused in on oboe only. My suggestion would be to let him try...

I have a son with Down's too. He went to inclusive programs in typical catholic schools in our area so we got him his own high school colors when he was there. He's now at Duquesne University wearing their colors. I would go with your hometown school colors though. My son John has lots of...

Here in PA its 16 to get your learner's permit . You have to wait 6 months to take your driver's test and have 50 hours of driving experience that a parent or someone over 21 supervises. DD aged 16 passed both tests on the first try. She has her junior license now and cannot drive after 11...

My dd has smart music and really likes it. It has accompaniments to many of the solos she does. She likes playing with them and challenges herself by setting the tempo faster. She is 16 but very serious about music ( her chosen career).

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DD is playing her in the pit for it in Pittsburgh. She plays oboe. I'll be seeing it soon. Nancy

I had two impacted wisdom teeth out in my 30's after they got infected. I didn't want to go under either. I think the worse part about it was that they put gauze in the back of my throat to keep any tooth particles from going down and it made me feel like I was going to choke even under all...

I wish I knew the answer to this question. My heart goes out to you and DD. Something similiar happened to my DD last year. I think they are jealous for some reason or threatened by her. There seems to be so much competition with teenaged girls now. I'm glad I'm not a teenager. Nancy

If you know an older cheerleader or former cheerleader, ask them to help DD. My two neices had been middle school cheerleaders and when DD tried out they came over and had her do the routines over and over again and pointed out some things for her to work on. I agree with all the advice above...

I couldn't agree more with your post. My DS has Down Syndrome and even my DH's family would use this word inappropriately. It took a long time to break them of that habit. It drives my crazy. Nancy

I got my son a migo about 3 weeks ago. He has Down Syndrome and it is perfect for him. He has no problem using it. He can call 4 people and we reprogrammed the emergency button to our house phone so he wouldn't call 911 by mistake. He carried around our old cell phones all the time so he is...

When my son was born, as soon as his head popped out the doctor (who I worked for) said "he looks funny". I don't think she meant anything mean by it but she was surprised. They told me right away they suspected Down Syndrome. The blood test confirmed it. John has been the light of our...

Last year, my DD aged 15 wanted to work. I was nervous because she is really into music, takes lessons on 2 instruments, was a cheerleader, and school must come first. she worked at the local amusement park over the summer. It seemed to work out well. She loved it and couldn't wait to go...

Last night I was screaming at the TV for the hippies to get to the yield first. I'm so glad they did. Thank goodness it wasn't an elimination round. MoJo and the frats act like they are in high school but it does make it fun to watch though. Go Hippies and Ray and Yolanda. Nancy

My dd wanted to work at 15. She got hired at the local amusement park last May and worked all summer. She never complained or wanted to call off. She was very careful to request off what she needed for school, music lessons, band, and cheerleading and never had a problem. She can't wait to...

My DD will be there too. They are marching before Spectro. Go Titans. Nancy

DD is going with a school group and the tour director has them going to AK on the 7th only for the am. At a meeting he told them all about EE and how they should ride it and it was the official opening day. I'm thinking, there's no way they will be able to ride it and if I know that, why...

My thoughts and prayers go out to your friends. I believe things happen for a reason even if we don't know why at the time. She must be very disappointed about the try-out. I know how that can be. My dd cheered for the last 6 years. Our school has a policy that you can tryout later if...

Thank you.