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Adult Matters E-Newsletter January 2018
Exciting News from Brennan Eve! Brennan Eve, a recipient of 2017 O'Neill Tabani Enrichment Fund, has shared an
exciting update with us! Brennan has completed her first semester at the University
of Cincinnati Advancement and Transition Services with a 4.0 GPA! She is also a
member of the club softball team and active
member of CRU all while adjusting to dorm
life. Congrats Brennan!
Independent Living Retreat
Friday June 29 - Sunday, July 1
Registration will open March 1
*10 spots will be reserved for first-time
retreat attendees*
Empowerment Classes
Adult Kitchen Skills 101
Thursdays| March 29–April 26 6:30-8pm Bauer Marketing, 5508 Fair Ln
Cincinnati, OH 45227
This is our entry-level Kitchen Skills class. It can be repeated each year to strengthen skills in the kitchen. Participants will gain hands-on experience in the kitchen! A professional chef and his assistant will teach adults how to use tools and appliances to prepare meals and oversee participants as they create their very own dishes! Throughout the 5-week session, adults will also learn about kitchen safety and tips to eat healthy!
DSAGC Caregiver Support Group
(for parents and siblings who care for an Adult with Down syndrome who is 35 or older)
Dates TBD | DSAGC Hatton Foundation Community Room
The core purpose of these meetings will be to help caregivers feel heard, understood and cared for.
The meetings will be supported and facilitated by a specialist. This will be a time for caregivers to build
relationships, learn from one another and feel heard! If you are interested in this group please contact Christy
Gregg at [email protected] for more details.
321 Party (ages16 &up)
Saturday, March 24 | 4-6pm
DSAGC Hatton Foundation Community Room
Celebrate World Down Syndrome Day with your friends! We will have food, drinks, dancing and fun! Social
clubs are encouraged to attend with their peer partners!
Register
Caregiver Support Group
Social Opportunities
Register
21 Series
Communication Devices
Sunday, January 21 | 2-3:30pm
DSAGC Hatton Foundation Community Room
Presented by Sherry Lanyi, M.A., CCC/SLP
What is AAC? It is the acronym for Augmentative and
Alternative Communication. There are many examples
of AAC Devices. How do you know if your child would
benefit from an AAC Device? What should you expect
from an evaluation and where should you go to
complete an evaluation? How do you determine which
AAC Device would be best for your child? What are
the top AAC Devices that are most commonly used and what are the pros and cons for these? Come to this
parent workshop and get answers to these questions. There will be 45 minutes of presentation and 45
minutes of Q & A.
The afternoon will be hosted by Sherry Lanyi, M.A., CCC/SLP, who is a Speech-Language Pathologist and
the Coordinator of Speech Pathology at the Perlman Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
She has worked at the Perlman Center for over 20 years. She has experience serving kids with a variety of
diagnoses including CP, DD and other physical conditions. She has provided service to patients with complex
communication needs in Early Intervention, Early Childhood and school-age Tech groups. She specializes in
the area of augmentative and alternative communication, and completes comprehensive evaluations and
treatment for both children and adults who present with significant communication deficits and difficulties with
access. In addition to serving patients, she also provides training, advocates for funding and supervises a
staff of eight speech language pathologists at the Perlman Center.
Puberty and Sexuality
Wednesday, February 21 | 6:30-8pm
DSAGC Hatton Foundation Community Room
Presented by Amanda Tipkemper, Children’s Home of Cincinnati and TJ Nestheide, Hamilton County DDS
TJ Nestheide, who is on the Behavior Support Team for Hamilton County DDS, and Amanda Tipkemper,
Autism Services Manager at The Children’s Home of Cincinnati, will be speaking about puberty and
sexuality…..the emotions/feelings/urges involved and how to explain puberty to your child with DS, how to
work with the changes that puberty brings, and they’ll be available to answer your specific questions.
Register
DSAGC Winter Dance
Saturday, February 3
Newport Syndicate |18 E 5th Street
Newport, KY
6 PM - 10:30 PM
*ages 15 & up
Our Annual Winter Dance has become one
of our signature celebratory events of the
year! Attendees range from couples on a
date night to groups of friends, to teens and adults with Down syndrome
out with their social club. We encourage you to join us for an evening of
good food and drinks, dancing, and of course, fun!
Your $25 ticket to the dance includes admission, light appetizers, buffet
dinner, soft drinks, dessert and 2 drink tickets for beer or wine.
Purchase Tickets
Teens and adults with Down syndrome, we invite you to some pre - Winter
Dance pampering. After getting glam (hair, nails and make-up done by
professionals), a limo will pickup participants and escort them to the dance
that evening.
This pre-event takes place at the DSAGC office, 4623 Wesley Avenue, Suite A
Cincinnati, OH. Females arrive at 2:30 PM and males arrive at 4 PM. This is a FREE
event, but you must RSVP to [email protected]. Limited space is available.
Let’s Get Fancy!
Scholarship Opportunities NDSS #DSWORKS® Blake Pyron Entrepreneurship Scholarship
The National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) #DSWORKS® is a new employment initiative whose goal is
to educate the general public about how individuals with Down syndrome are employable individuals and
should be included in all aspects of the work force; encourage corporations and businesses to invest in hiring
people with Down syndrome; and increase the number of opportunities for individuals with Down syndrome
to work in meaningful and competitive employment settings.
Blake Pyron, is only 20 years old, and is the youngest business owner in his town of Sanger, Texas, and
happens to have Down syndrome. His journey to become a business owner started shortly after he
graduated high school. Blake loved his job working at a barbecue restaurant, but it closed one month after
his senior year ended. Blake, with the support of his loving and dedicated family, started his own business –
Blake’s Snow Shack.
With the goal of supporting NDSS’ #DSWORKS® Campaign and to help other self-advocates pursue their
dreams of entrepreneurship, Blake and his family have established the NDSS #DSWORKS® Blake
Pyron Entrepreneurship Scholarship. At the Buddy Walk® on Washington, NDSS will award a scholarship to
self-advocate to pursue their dreams and aspirations to start their own business.
Deadline: February 19, 2018
Click here to learn more about this scholarship
Ruby’s Rainbow Scholarship
Our goal for 2018 is to award Ruby’s Rainbow scholarships
to individuals with Down Syndrome seeking higher
education, post-secondary or enrichment classes. Ruby’s
Rainbow scholarships are up to $5,000 per awarded
individual, subject to available funds for 2018.
Ruby’s Rainbow is excited to announce we also have two
scholarship awards now available for 2018:
The Maudie’s Scholarship Award is up to $10,000 and is
awarded to one select applicant per year. This individual is
co-selected by Maudie’s after reviewing all scholarship
applications. We highly encourage you to submit anything
that would help give us a clear vision of your personality,
strengths, accomplishments and future goals.
The Warriors for Walt Scholarship Award is up to $7,000 and will be awarded to one select applicant for
2018.
Deadline: April 28th, 2018
Click here to learn more and apply!
Able to Work Act– Letter from NDSS
This year, NDSS’ number one priority was the ABLE to Work Act, which helps build upon the success of the
Stephen Beck Jr., Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act to incentivize employment by allowing ABLE
beneficiaries to earn a federal tax credit to contribute toward their ABLE Accounts. (from NDSS)
Click here to read the letter from NDSS.
University of Cincinnati’s Transition Access Program (TAP)
UC launched its TAP program in 2012 within the College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services.
It offers a four-year non-degree option for students with mild to moderate intellectual and developmental disa-
bilities such as autism, Down syndrome and Asperger’s. (from the below article on Cincinnati.com)
Click here to the read the article online about the program.
Interesting Topics
Ready to Hire?
The purpose of the DSAGC employment video is to provide a tool which will assist those who advocate for
individuals with Down syndrome as they search for employment. Please feel free to share this video with
potential employers on behalf of the person in your life with Down syndrome for whom you care so
deeply. Our hope is that this video might open some minds to the potential of the extraordinary people we
know with Down syndrome.
Community Opportunities
2018 WINTER CLASSES
Classes begin the week of January 22, 2018.
Click here to view the schedule of classes
and to register!
Thanks to
Nicole White for
organizing runners in
our Greater Cincinnati
area!
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
DSAGC Office
Closed
2 3 4 5
6
7
Eastside -
Xavier Game
with DSAGC
Cheer Team
Butler-Warren
- Bowling 6-12
yrs
8
9
Butler-
Warren -
Ladies Night
Out
10 11
12 13
14
15
DSAGC Office
Closed
16
17 18
Westside -
Moms Night
Out
19
Eastside -
Mom's Night
Out
20
21
21 Series - Communication Devices
22
23
24
Communicating
Through Music
and Movement
25
26
27
28 29 30
31
Communicating
Through Music
and Movement
January Calendar
February Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
2
3
Physical
Therapy (ages
0 - 2)
Winter Dance
(ages 15 & up)
4
Westside -
Family Play
Gymnastics
(ages 3 - 5)
5
6 7
Communicating
Through Music
and Movement
8
9 10
Physical
Therapy (ages
0 - 2)
11
Gymnastics
(ages 3 - 5)
12 13 14
Communicating
Through Music
and Movement
15 16 17
Advocates In
Action (ages
18 & up)
Physical
Therapy (ages
0 - 2)
18
Gymnastics
(ages 3 - 5)
19 20
21
21 Series -
Puberty and
Sexuality
Communicating
Through Music
and Movement
22 23 24
Physical
Therapy (ages
0 - 2)
Westside -
Adults Night
Out
25
Gymnastics
(ages 3 - 5)
26
TEEN Kitchen
Skills 101
(ages 13 - 17)
27 28
Communicating
Through Music
and Movement
