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We hope everyone had a great summer and are getting back into the swing of things now that Fall has officially begun! It’s time to begin a new year with DSIG, so please join us for our first meeting of the season at our new meeting location, Widener University!
For a map of the campus, please visit their website at Widener.edu
We will not have a speaker for this meeting, as it will just be a time to catch up with old friends & possibly meet some new friends! We hope to see you there!
The annual DSIG Holiday Party will be held on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, from 6 to 9 PM at Paxon Hollow Country Club. Come join us for a night of dinner, dancing & great friendship! RSVP is required for this event.
Please email Megan at [email protected] with the number of adults and number of children (12 and under). There is a strict RSVP date of Friday, November 29, 2019. No late responses will be honored.
As in years past, we will be collecting for a local food pantry, so please bring a $10 donation or $10 in food items, and consider this your admission to the party.
Last but not least, annual dues will be collected for 2020 at this event. Our dues will remain the same as in previous years at $10 per household.
Please join us on Sunday, November 1, 2020 at Ridley Creek State Park (picnic Area 11) for the second annual 5K Run for Homies with Extra Chromies presented by InkAway Laser Tattoo Removal to benefit the Down Syndrome Interest Group of Delaware County. This course is USATF certified. Walkers are also welcomed to join!
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1023 Sycamore Mills Road
Ridley Creek State Park/ Pavilion #11
Media, PA US 19063
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Help us support a great event that benefits the Down Syndrome Interest Group of Delaware County.
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There are a number of ways to get involved in the 5K Run for Homies with Extra Chromies. Even if you are not planning to run or walk in the event, please consider volunteering, making a tax-deductible donation, or sponsoring through your local business to receive great branding and advertising benefits. Volunteers, please register on this website. Click the button that says “volunteer” and enter your information so that we can keep a count and ensure that we leave nothing to chance. To obtain more information, please contact Stephanie Sapp at (484)840-8663 or email [email protected].
Proceeds of the race will benefit The Delaware County Down Syndrome Interest Group (DSIG). DSIG is a 501(c) non-profit organization that was formed in 1990 by a group of families touched by Down Syndrome in Delaware County. They strive to promote professional and public awareness and encourage inclusion for those with Down Syndrome. Their goals are to reach out to expectant and new parents of a child with Down Syndrome, to be supportive of and provide social interaction for people with Down Syndrome, their families, friends and acquaintances, to aid and challenge each family to constantly evaluate and re-think how new ideas, information and technology may help or affect their child with Down Syndrome and to educate the general public by assisting members of our community in learning to see people with disabilities as people, not as their disability. To learn more please visit https://delcodsig.org/
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 7 PM EST
Presented by Libby Kumin Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Professor Emeritus Loyola University Maryland, part of a three-part series sponsored by CDSPG.
Presentation is targeted for parents of children from age 4 to adulthood.
How can we help children with Down syndrome develop speech that is easier to understand? There are many factors that affect speech intelligibility in children and adults with Down syndrome but the occurrence and combination of factors are different for each person. Dr. Kumin will present a framework that can be used for identifying, analyzing, and treating the factors that affect speech intelligibility for your child, e.g. rate, articulation, oral motor skills and childhood apraxia of speech. Attendees will learn how to write IEP goals that target factors affecting speech intelligibility in your child and how to develop a home-school communication plan and to use home activities to practice speech skills. Handouts, forms and checklists will be included.
| CHOP Symposium coming up on March13!!!! Our member Helen Milligan, who is also a PT at CHOP, is looking forward to hearing Dr. Stein speak about behavior challenges and strategies! Helen will also be a presenter that day, so if you have a little one getting ready to walk, then her treadmill training talk is for you!!!! Lots of videos and tips to get you started! 💙💛 |
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ROCK YOUR SOCKS
Wear your most colorful or mismatched socks!
WEAR BLUE & YELLOW
These are the colors used to raise awareness for Down Syndrome.
Remember, we are more alike than different! People who have Down Syndrome can and will do all the same this you do, it just takes a little more time. BE KIND. BE INCLUSIVE.
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Delco DSIG is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code. Donations are tax deductible as allowed by law. Unless specifically requested by the donor, donations are not considered restricted and all donations are confirmed with a receipt for tax reporting purpose.
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