Showing posts with label achievments. Show all posts
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Athlete with Down syndrome beats odds
I love finding and sharing these articles.Our children can accomplish so much with our help.
Down syndrome athlete beats odds
By Alison Herget- For the CDT
Alek Masters would never develop like his peers, never be able to enjoy the same activities as other children his age, the doctors suggested.
Fifteen years ago, Christine and Robert Masters listened as doctor after doctor painted a bleak outlook for their newborn son, who had Down syndrome, a congenital disorder that causes mild to moderate mental handicaps. But the couple did not succumb to the negativity.
“We walked out of that doctor’s appointment pretty much realizing that we were going to do for him what we were going to do for any of
our other kids, and that is offer them opportunities, stimulate them and encourage them to do the best they could,” said Christine Masters, of Boalsburg.
On Friday, Alek and his family will be in Seattle, where he will be honored by the Arlington, Va.-based Council for Exceptional Children with a 2009 Yes I Can! Award for his extracurricular achievements.
Here is the rest:http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/1206669.html
Down syndrome athlete beats odds
By Alison Herget- For the CDT
Alek Masters would never develop like his peers, never be able to enjoy the same activities as other children his age, the doctors suggested.
Fifteen years ago, Christine and Robert Masters listened as doctor after doctor painted a bleak outlook for their newborn son, who had Down syndrome, a congenital disorder that causes mild to moderate mental handicaps. But the couple did not succumb to the negativity.
“We walked out of that doctor’s appointment pretty much realizing that we were going to do for him what we were going to do for any of
our other kids, and that is offer them opportunities, stimulate them and encourage them to do the best they could,” said Christine Masters, of Boalsburg.
On Friday, Alek and his family will be in Seattle, where he will be honored by the Arlington, Va.-based Council for Exceptional Children with a 2009 Yes I Can! Award for his extracurricular achievements.
Here is the rest:http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/1206669.html
Sixth-grader with Down syndrome to receive special award
On the Upp & Up: Sixth-grader with Down syndrome to receive special award for efforts, accomplishments
By Joe Gulick AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Thursday, April 02, 2009Story last updated at 4/2/2009 - 1:31 am
Tim and Dolores Upp recall the shock they received on May 2, 1995 - four months before Natalie was born - when they learned from the results of amniocentesis that their baby had Down syndrome.
"It was awful," Dolores recalled. "We couldn't know then how healthy she would be and how far she would go."
Go here to read the rest of this article about this wonderful young lady.http://lubbockonline.com/stories/040209/fea_423987159.shtml
By Joe Gulick AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Thursday, April 02, 2009Story last updated at 4/2/2009 - 1:31 am
Tim and Dolores Upp recall the shock they received on May 2, 1995 - four months before Natalie was born - when they learned from the results of amniocentesis that their baby had Down syndrome.
"It was awful," Dolores recalled. "We couldn't know then how healthy she would be and how far she would go."
Go here to read the rest of this article about this wonderful young lady.http://lubbockonline.com/stories/040209/fea_423987159.shtml
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