Tiaras and Bowties

I have just taken the pledge to make the world a more accepting and inclusive place for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities!

Words are hurtful.

As the mom of an intellectually disabled teenage daughter,

I have seen first hand the damage this word can cause.

I have watched the use of this word

DULL

my daughter's

SPARKLE.

I will never forget the utter disappointment I felt when my Boom

 was a mere 2 year old...

a close young relative; while joking with her friend about school issues

flippantly and unexpectedly

referred to a child who road the 'tart cart'.

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