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It was a manic month. We couldn’t count the times we changed soiled sheets, washed hands, disinfected toys. We used up a full supply of...

Tomorrow is the real deal. For the past three days it’s all very dandy with eager daddies and mummies lending many hands to the two brave...

If you disapprove of Nazis and the holocaust you’re disapproving something they stood for. It’s called eugenics, and in a nutshell it’s...

These days we’re hearing it more than ever. It refers to a state of “all-encompassing”. It upholds equality for all. It underscores the...

We aren’t experts. Something told us that a few days ago. After almost four years of caring for a child with Down syndrome we’re still...

On November 4, 2016 the Singapore government announced that we’d be charged in court if we didn’t send Amos to get educated by the time...

I had the privilege of asking a former mayor of Curitiba what he thought would be most important in achieving and improving social...

My wife and I want to gorge on chocolates each time we contained a nuclear meltdown. We need sugar in our coffees. We want jam-filled...

Life is full of surprises. We recall that moment over three years ago when the news of Amos’ condition opened up a precipice before us....

Thank you for doing what you do. You saw a lack in society and went right for it. You have embraced a calling and entered the lives of so...

In September 2013, researchers at the John Hopkins University found out that the extra chromosome 21 in individuals with Down syndrome...

I brought Amos to his brother’s school. It was a very bucolic setting; with trees all around and sunlight coming through them. We were...

This week marked the end of the third week that Amos went – ahem, well… TUBELESS! For those who needed a second glance – yes! TUBELESS!...

(Image and article courtesy of Special Seeds Singapore) Down syndrome was an issue we were aware of but never understood. We had been...

My wife and I had our fair share of fretting and frustrations, and even as I write they haggled us and would keep on haggling us for as...

Society demands it. A glamorous lifestyle beckons. Even if it isn’t glamorous it has to be chic, swank and comfortable. Apart from cars...

It is morning. From the corners of our eyes we perceive movement. We turn and behold a tiny little thing doddering out of the bedroom;...

This Easter was a special one. Before we go on I must first qualify to say that this is an entry on Christianity. So for those who aren’t...

We are the same in some aspects and we differ in others. It’s a fact. People with Down syndrome tend to lag behind in some areas. We...

Two year-old Sally was playing with her daddy. Propped on her daddy’s jiggling knees, Sally was convulsing in laughter when an itch...