Magnusmode promotes independence for people with cognitive disabilities

In honor of World Autism Awareness Day, we’re featuring, Nadia Hamilton, founder and president of Magnusmode, a company that provides assistive technology to people with autism and cognitive disabilities. I’m so excited Nadia was able to stop by and share her story.  Lillian Magnusmode’s origin story dates all the way back to the late eighties […]

Magnusmode Promotes Independence For People With Autism And Cognitive Disabilities.

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World Down Syndrome Day 2021

It’s here…World Down Syndrome Day is March 21st! We’re celebrating as a family that has lived with Down syndrome and we’re thankful for the opportunity to bring awareness of this naturally occurring condition in which a person is born with an extra chromosome.  Most individuals have 23 pairs of chromosomes for a total of 46. […]

World Down Syndrome Day 2021

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Teacher Appreciation Week – #Thankateacher

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week and this year appreciation for our children’s teachers is at an all-time high. With the closing of schools due to the coronavirus pandemic, parents and children alike are having to adjust to a new platform of distance learning.  Parents are becoming more involved in the day to day education […]

Teacher Appreciation Week - #Thankateacher

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Texas’ Inaugural Girls in STEM Day

On Sunday March 1, 2020 State Representative Rhetta Andrews Bowers (HD 113) kicked off the inaugural “Texas Girls in STEM Day.” I was very excited to attend this event. As a Geophysicist who majored in Mathematics, I hold STEM very dear to my heart. I love opportunities like this where women in STEM are able […]

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Health and Medical Benefits from the NASA Space Program

On July 20, 2019, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s landing on the moon. Commander Neil Armstrong led a team of astronauts and carried the hopes of a nation on this tremendous expedition. I was very young when this important event occurred, but I grew up knowing Commander Armstrong’s name and how this […]

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April 2nd Is World Autism Awareness Day

April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day and is a time for us all to go blue in an effort to “increase global understanding and acceptance of people with autism.”  There are so many individuals out there that contribute to society in a number of ways and they just happen to have autism. Greta Thunberg is […]

World Autism Awareness Day

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Benefit Cosmetics first brand ambassador with Down syndrome

Kate Grant, 20, made makeup history last week when Benefit Cosmetics tapped the model to promote their new Roller Liner Liquid Eyeliner, making Grant the first brand ambassador with Down syndrome the beauty brand has ever hired. “She is paving the way for people coming behind her,” her mom, Deidre, told Metro in an interview. “Kate is aware of […]

Benefit Cosmetics has hired its first brand ambassador with Down syndrome

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