by Chioma Michael | Oct 15, 2026
Waiting for FSCD? Here's What You Can Do While You Wait Imagine opening your email every morning, hoping today will be the day. You refresh your inbox. You check your voicemail. You answer every unknown phone number, just in case. Days become weeks. Weeks become...
by Chioma Michael | Oct 25, 2022
Why DS Awareness Month is Important to Me October is Down syndrome Awareness Month and it’s also Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM). While my daughter is only 3 years old, I often peek into what her future could look like as an individual with Down syndrome:...
by Chioma Michael | Jan 20, 2022
One Opportunity One opportunity that was offered to me at Gateway, was to attend the Transitioning trade fair at LY Cairns, that had various booths available to individuals and families that had a youth transitioning to adulthood, that lives with barriers or...
by Chioma Michael | Jan 20, 2022
Raising Jolie – Part 3 Hello! What a year it has been. I’m going to recount the lead up to and recovery from my daughter’s open heart surgery which ended up happening toward the beginning of when the pandemic was declared. Jolie was only 7 months new. Before I...
by Chioma Michael | Jan 20, 2022
Raising Jolie – Part 2 Hello again! I don’t know how I’m finding the time and energy to write another post, but, here I am. Parenting two is a whole other level! My first offering to you was the birth story of Jolie Grace, our chromosomally enhanced beautiful...