Positive Down Syndrome Non Profit

Written by Michelle Sollicito


Yvonne Pierre is an inspiration. She is a very strong, black single mother of two children - one of whom has Down Syndrome. She lives locally inrepparttar Atlanta area. This is her story.

A mother’s intuition is always right. Throughout my pregnancy, I felt that there was something special about my baby, but I could not put my finger on it. Shortly after giving birth to Zyon, looking at him forrepparttar 110484 first time, I thought I noticed something unusual in his appearance, but asrepparttar 110485 Medical staff said nothing, I assumed it was my imagination. Even when he started to have “digestive problems” and was rushed torepparttar 110486 Intensive Care Unit, I suppressed my fears and put my trust inrepparttar 110487 doctors.

Whenrepparttar 110488 doctors told me that my son had a heart condition, and that they believed this could be because he had Downs Syndrome, I could not hold backrepparttar 110489 tears.

However, almost as soon as I gave in torepparttar 110490 tears, I felt angry with myself, and said “What am I crying for? He is here!” – and I haven’t cried since.

The next time I felt angry was whenrepparttar 110491 doctors told me "Don’t get your hopes up.. he probably will not result to anything" and “If you get pregnant again, we can test you in enough time to abort it, if it has Downs”.

Almost immediately, my anger turned to pity for these poor doctors, who had such limiting beliefs about my son’s future, these doctors who had never met my son before, and could not possibly predict what he would do or would not do with his life.

I resolved never to put limitations on either one of my children, and Zyon would be no different. I have faith inrepparttar 110492 Creator and I believe that He makes no mistakes. So why would I dare believe that He had made one with my son? No matter whatrepparttar 110493 ability or disability, we all serve a divine purpose.

Choosing Between Apartments? Consider Maintenance & Security

Written by dan the roommate man


When trying to decide which apartment will be best for you, it's important to considerrepparttar amount of support each landlord is willing to provide for his or her tenants. In order to determine this, you should find outrepparttar 110483 way potential apartments handle maintenance as well as security issues.

It’s important to find outrepparttar 110484 way your landlord handles repairs before they become a problem. You might be looking at an apartment with a great Jacuzzi-style tub... but if your landlord's never there to fix a bad draining problem, you might not ever get to enjoy it! You need to find a complex with a good maintenance system.

So, how are you supposed to learn how a certain apartment handles maintenance problems? Askrepparttar 110485 landlord or manager handling your apartment inquiries. Find out how repair requests are handled. You can ask questions such as: "Is there a resident superintendent that handles all maintenance problems?", "Are maintenance hours restricted?" or "How long does it typically take for repair requests to be answered?" The answers should give you a little insight intorepparttar 110486 way that things are handled.

If you don't get much of an answer out ofrepparttar 110487 complex representative, you might consider asking a resident. Ifrepparttar 110488 person you approach is irritated byrepparttar 110489 wayrepparttar 110490 complex handles repair requests, he or she will be more than happy to vent.

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