ConnectUpWithDowns

Happy New Year! 🥳🎉🎊

Connect Up With Downs celebrating our second World Down Syndrome Day Party at the Delta South. What a great day! 🎉💙💛 #yyc #worlddownsyndromeday

A few of our favourite moments from Tuesday. 💛💙Thanks so much for rocking your socks with us and sharing your celebrations! #WDSD #DownSyndromeAdvocate #DownSyndromeRocks #NothingDownAboutIt

Happy #WorldDownSydromeDay! 💙💛

Did you see us on #CTV Your Morning this morning while you were sipping your Daymaker coffee and wearing mismatched socks? #IfYouKnowYouKnow 😉 If you missed it, you can catch the full #WorldDownSyndromeDay exclusive here: ctvnews.ca/canada/here-i-…

😊🥰 #FieldGoodFriday #FeelGoodFriday

A big and sincere thank you to all who read our story and voted. We are all so grateful to be one of the winners of the @FieldLaw Community Grant Fund! Now the fun part starts and we create a wonderful story book together! Thanks once again for supporting Connect Up With Downs!!

@FieldLaw @cpawssab @AARCS_Canada @HospiceEdmonton @MentalHealthAB @YUEdmonton Thank you @FieldLaw! We are very grateful to have been awarded the funds to help create our "Book Made By and For Individuals With Down Syndrome"! 💜

Drumroll please! We are excited to announce winners of the 2022 Field Law Community Fund Program! All recipients have shown endless dedication to their ideas, while making remarkable contributions to their communities. Read more: fieldlawcommunityfund.com/2022-winners/ #FieldForward #Community

We are thrilled to have been selected as a finalist for the @FieldLaw Community Fund Grant Program! Please go to fieldlawcommunityfund.com/ideas/a-book-m… to read our story and VOTE for our #FieldForward idea by November 10th! #yyc #Calgary #Downsyndrome #PayItForward

March 21 is #WorldDownSyndromeDay! Today we celebrate folks with Down Syndrome & all of the unique aspects of each one of us that make us wonderful 🌟 This year's theme is #InclusionMeans! What does inclusion mean to you? We'd love to hear below ⬇️

Only a couple of more days until we celebrate #WorldDownSyndromeDay! We had fun in class this week making a sign to help spread awareness. 💙🤟🏼💛 #yyc #Calgary #Downsyndrome #SocialLearningCentre #LifeSkills #MakeLearningFun #SeeTheAbility #WeSeeTheAbility #ConnectUpWithDowns

We are a fun and engaging social learning center in #Calgary for young adults with #Downsyndrome. We offer group coaching in a wide range of hands-on life skill activities. We work hard to prepare our members as they strive to become independent and reach their personal goals.⁠

Check out the fun video “We Are All In This Together” that our members made for the @UpsDownsCalgary Street Meet this Saturday! #yyc #Calgary #Downsyndrome #LifeSkills #MakeLearningFun #Friendship #SeeTheAbility #WeSeeTheAbility connectupwithdowns.com/videogallery/

Something exciting is coming! Stay tuned for more information!

This World Down Syndrome Day, we celebrate our unique connection within the Down syndrome community. "Connect With Me" is a collaboratively produced community video starring 55 individuals with DS from across Canada and the US. bit.ly/2PGw3Zh #WDSD21 #DownSyndrome

This World Down Syndrome Day, we’re launching Mindsets, a first-of- its-kind 8-week research study to examine the link between exercise and cognition. Learn how you can participate here: cdss.ca/mindsets/. #WDSD #Connect #SeeTheAbility #DownSyndromeCanada #Mindsets

We hope you all had fun celebrating #worlddownsyndromeday and rocked your mismatched socks! 🧦❤ We've added videos to our website! 🎥 connectupwithdowns.com/videogallery/ Our discussion on #neurodiversity: 🧠 youtu.be/Zr2I4PrSHhY #yyc #Calgary #Downsyndrome #LifeSkills #MakeLearningFun

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What a great afternoon. We can't wait to share the inspiring story of Daylen's Place - a new home in Okotoks where adults with Down Syndrome can learn to be independent. All inspired by a father's love for his son. #yyc #okotoks #DownSyndrome

After losing her job a #calgary woman started "Connect Up with Downs" an #education program for #DownSyndrome youth. @CTVKevinFleming explains ctv.news/GZFDntg