My name is Andra. My son was born in 2008. He’s cute and funny. He happens to have Down syndrome. Yes, I was a 35+ years old mom. No, we did not have a prenatal diagnosis. Yes, it was our choice. No, we don’t regret it. Yes, it changed our lives. Yes, he is amazing. Yes, he is doing great. Yes, we are very optimistic about his future!
I'm a very private person trying to share my journey. Sorry for pictures from the back and anonymized documents. Also sorry for whatever spelling or grammar errors. I'm trying my best. English is not my first language.
To give you the context of my experience and perspective: I am not a doctor. Well, I am a doctor as I have a PhD, but I'm not a medical doctor. I am not a teacher. Well, I am a teacher as I work with college students, but I am not a special education or general education teacher. I am a mom. I am a trained educational parent consultant, special education advocate, and special education legislative advocate. I am involved with various organizations advocating for children with special needs and children with Down syndrome. I am involved with groups of parents of children with special needs and children with Down syndrome. I am also a researcher, so I'm comfortable reading and interpreting scientific resources. I am also comfortable making decisions based on those resources regarding both the health and the education of my son.
If you are the parent of a child with Down syndrome or other special needs, maybe you'll find some useful info here. I'm learning as I go along.
On our journey I've found many useful resources. I'm providing links to them. Some of them are affiliate links, meaning that if you decide to buy using these links I'm getting back an incredibly small percentage of your purchase, at no cost to you. All recommendations are for things that we used and found useful. If you decide to use these links - Thank you!
The world probably doesn't need another blog, but nevertheless, here we go!
Thank you for stopping by!
To give you the context of my experience and perspective: I am not a doctor. Well, I am a doctor as I have a PhD, but I'm not a medical doctor. I am not a teacher. Well, I am a teacher as I work with college students, but I am not a special education or general education teacher. I am a mom. I am a trained educational parent consultant, special education advocate, and special education legislative advocate. I am involved with various organizations advocating for children with special needs and children with Down syndrome. I am involved with groups of parents of children with special needs and children with Down syndrome. I am also a researcher, so I'm comfortable reading and interpreting scientific resources. I am also comfortable making decisions based on those resources regarding both the health and the education of my son.
If you are the parent of a child with Down syndrome or other special needs, maybe you'll find some useful info here. I'm learning as I go along.
On our journey I've found many useful resources. I'm providing links to them. Some of them are affiliate links, meaning that if you decide to buy using these links I'm getting back an incredibly small percentage of your purchase, at no cost to you. All recommendations are for things that we used and found useful. If you decide to use these links - Thank you!
The world probably doesn't need another blog, but nevertheless, here we go!
Thank you for stopping by!
This blog is great. You have done an amazing job. It has truly been an inspiration to us to do a much more through job with communication for our son's IEP (also, 5 with DS).
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feel free to email me at mrchheda@yahoo.com
Thank you Andra for sharing! Your son is so lucky to have you for a mother. Your passion and love for him are apparent in every post. May God continue to bless you and your family
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