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Hi, my name is DominicAdventure. I'm here because I want to know more success stories and life stories about those who have Down Syndrome

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Zack Gottsagen and two other disabled actors star in upcoming short film

The Tell Tale Mop stars Zack Gottsagen (The Peanut Butter Falcon), Jen Msumba, and Roberto DeAngelo (Cobra Kai)—three powerhouse actors with disabilities bringing big heart, sharp humor, and unforgettable performances.

This film was made as part of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, which exists to help gain exposure for disabled actors and filmmakers and increase authentic representation of disability in film, television and media.

"I just want people to know that those of us with disabilities such as autism and Down syndrome are capable of so much. We have wants, dreams and goals like everyone else. We are fully human."

Something my mom told me one time is "Stop apologizing for taking up space in this world, you belong here as much as anyone else, and you are just as important as anyone else.” I have never forgotten her words.

You can watch The Tell Tale Mop this Saturday April 14th here: youtu.be/P2vHy9WieXo

#Autism #AutismSpectrumDisorder #DownSyndrome #Disability #Film

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Hello everyone

I’m so grateful to be here and have the opportunity to learn from you. I’m currently working on a project that focuses on supporting individuals with Down syndrome, autism, and other neurodevelopmental disabilities in building their social skills. Specifically, I’m looking into areas like basic interactions, navigating everyday situations, handling workplace scenarios, conflict resolution, and even dating and relationships.

The goal is to create personalized, interactive, and multisensory social skills training that helps individuals develop confidence, independence, and meaningful social connections in their daily lives.

I truly want to ensure that this project is helpful and meaningful, so I would be so appreciative to hear about your experiences, insights, and any advice you have. Thank you for being a part of this journey with me, I’m excited to learn and connect with you!😊

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Hi, my name is RhythmicCardinal74. I'm worried about certain stigma regarding down syndrome and kids with any disabilities whom cannot defend themself. Especially at school and the community. Many consume that they are stupid and will talk in their presence as if they don't consist.
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Topic/Question Just for Fun and Connection 🙌🙌

To help encourage us to remember that we are more than our chronic illness(es) or any diagnosis, and to remember that we Are building friendships right here -

In the spirit of the current, Biggest, Buzz-Worthy, Trending Topic, MOVIES awards show airing Sunday night the Oscars🙌🤩🏆🍿🎥🎬

Let’s use this post all weekend Starting Now And And Into Next Week to connect through the art, power, storytelling, …and your particular views on any film. I will keep it as wide-ranged as that for a fun, varied, connecting conversation back and forth below 👇 in the comments!

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To All of The Mighty- In case someone hasn’t told you this already 💯🤩🦋🧘🏻‍♀️💪 This quote image is what I am saying to EACH of YOU.

🙌 Yes!!

Yep, I am Also your confidence booster!
&
Your cheerleader ( 📣 🙃🤭🙌🙌 another fun fact about me - I was the first freshman in my high school to make the Varsity football cheerleading squad And I Also was a cheerleading coach in high school for junior high school kids And I did all of that while also teaching dance and helping to run a dance school in high school too, while also continuing my own dance training daily because my first love since the age of 3 has always been the beautiful art of dance- or like one of my all time favorite Professional dance companies that I paid to see live in NYC was called- “Shaping Sound”.

Yeah, I Really miss those days of Energy.

These days, if I have any energy or let’s say the infrequent but still a huge gift of having more than a little energy, it’s funny in that I can recognize the immense difference in a blink of an eye.

Oh, yeah, and about the badass part of this quote image 👆
Not having energy and still doing all that I do, That is what makes me Badass, is how I look at it- after straightening out my Perspective and Reframing my Headspace.
And honestly without my onset of major depressive disorder at age 34 (I am now 52), I would never have really achieved Becoming Badass! And, I always admired Badass people of all kinds.

Always remember this whole hard thing called life and life transitions requires us to take on new, healthier Perspectives Always, And this is what I learned from the Headspace app is also called “Reframing” (best app in the world, at least when I used it daily in 2017 - 2019)

And I have specific, Large, photo album folders on my phone - 1 titled “Reframing Headspace” from my saved key takeaways from each Headspace course lesson I took (that Of Course I will be sharing with you in my group Resilience and Mindfulness) and I have another specific, Large, photo album folder titled “Perspectives” that Of Course I will be sharing with you in my group titled Resilience and Mindfulness)

To anyone seeing this post outside of my group - here is the direct link Resilience and Mindfulness and Join Us for So Much & because literally Everyone needs to learn both Resilience and Mindfulness (and, I don’t stop there with what goodies I share To Help YOU 😁🙃)

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Resilience and Mindfulness | An Online Health Community

I am going to break down into pieces a lot of notes I have to share from Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills Course Audited -by University of Pennsylvania + More Supports For Wellbeing Some concepts I hope to add to your cognitive skills toolkit and vocabulary are: *Learning how to incorporate *resilience interventions*-*protective factors*, *cognitive strategies*, *develop mental agility*, increase positive emotion, *decrease anxiety*, and *take control of thinking traps*, and *learning the critical skill of optimism, as well as *taking a deeper dive into the cognitive skills and wellbeing mindset of mindfulness living. Resilience can help protect you from mental health conditions, such as depression and anxiety. Resilience also can help you deal with and be better prepared for other truly hard things in life. Research has also shown the effectiveness of mindfulness as an intervention in recurrent depression and there is so much more to this state of mind.
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