Entries by Hope Lightner

Changing the Face of beauty!

Kayla Kosmalski is on her way to Florida to walk in the clothing company Gap‘s first show that features models with Down syndrome. Courtesy of the Princess Kayla Facebook page. Kayla, 9, has Down syndrome and landed the job with Gap after seeing a posting for the opportunity on the Changing the Face of Beauty Facebook page, […]

Robot Visits White House

Alice Wong was President Barack Obama’s first telerobotic visitor when she maneuvered her robot to meet the Commander in Chief on Monday. Wong is founder of the Disability Visibility Project, an organization that aims to record the stories of people with disabilities. Wong was visiting the White House to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the […]

If I Need Help…

I don’t know about you, but I have lost one of my kids before. We were visiting relatives in an unfamiliar city. We had visited a nearby park the night before and the next morning my child had decided to go play at the park, alone. That was the most scared I’ve been in my […]