79. Reaching Our Advocation Milestones As Parents - with Julie Picot

11/19/21 • 57 min

In this episode we revisit Julie Picot and talk about what the past year has held for her family and their journey. We discuss the milestones reached on her advocacy path with her daughter Elyse and what she wish she would have known earlier.

Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2021/11/18/reaching-our-advocation-milestones-as-parents-with-julie-picot/2/

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Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2021/11/18/reaching-our-advocation-milestones-as-parents-with-julie-picot/2/

Previous Episode

78. A Son’s Advocacy: Another Conversation with Sader Issa

In this conversation we sit down with Sader Issa to get an update from the past year after graduating from Dentistry school and what his future holds. Being a man raised by a father with Down syndrome, we also discuss the rewards of advocacy and the awareness and change it creates vs. the negativity that can exist when his story is exposed to the many opinions of social media.

Preemptive Love: https://preemptivelove.org

L’Archie International: http://www.larche.org

Our First Episode with Sader: https://ifweknewthen.podbean.com/e/23-raised-by-a-father-with-down-syndrome-our-interview-with-sadar-issa/

Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2021/11/11/78-a-sons-advocacy-another-conversation-with-sader-issa/2/

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80. Bertie’s Heart Surgery: Talking About The Scary Stuff with Melissa Kynoch

This week we are grateful to have Melissa Kynoch back with us to tell the story of her son, Bertie’s, heart surgery. It is a very scary experience that about half of all family’s in the Down syndrome community experience. We thank Melissa for opening up to us about the emotions she felt and for sharing all the things she wished she knew then.

12 Step Fellowship: https://www.na.org

Wouldn’t Change A Thing - https://www.wouldntchangeathing.org

Episode Transcript: https://ifweknewthen701833686.wordpress.com/2021/11/25/80-berties-heart-surgery-talking-about-the-scary-stuff-with-melissa-kynoch/2/