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Please welcome the latest member of the Down Syndrome of Louisville team, Suzanne Johnson! Suzanne joins DSL as a new Academy Teacher. Suzanne was born and raised in Louisville. She is a former elementary school teacher who found DSL at the perfect time in her career. “I couldn’t be happier to be working in such […]
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– A guest blog, by Mr. Richard Bush All parents worry about how to best provide for their children after they are gone. No one worries more than parents of children with disabilities. Questions of wills and estates become overwhelmingly complex when the beneficiary may always need to depend on others. Will my child lose […]
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