i was thinking more in the line of catching the "moments" that would be beneficial for people that would probably not even entertain the thought of going to a conference (mainly medical professionals). many doctors feel that having a severely disabled child disrupts a family structure and can cause resentment and even hate amongst siblings - how great would it be to counter those types of statements with a video of the sibling panel discussing how much of a blessing they all consider their trisomy brothers and sisters to be? or being able to show new families some of what goes on so coming to conference for the first time is not such a daunting experience. or just having one of doctor carey's presentations on video to give to your child's doctor. there was a gentleman, from california i think...or maybe he was from colorado, that was taping a lot of the conference. i don't remember his name, but i think his son's name was daniel? the son is no longer living. the man got up and made a pretty moving speech himself - usually the fathers are not the big?talkers?so it was nice to?see a dad get?up and pay tribute to his son.?i was sitting by him and he taped all of dom's speech.anybody else remember this guy? maybe we can contact him? kelly -----Original Message----- From: jfwolpert <jfwolpert@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 9:23 pm Subject: [tri-med] Re: conference video - was Do tri 13/18 kids experience joy? i am not sure they are going to want to provide videos so folks dont have to come to conference,,,just a thot jude, mom to derek-22, kelsey-20 and kameron-11- full trisomy 18 golden, colorado www.judewolpert.com http://home.comcast.net/~jfwolpert2/wsb/html/view.cgi-photos.html-.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <dncingqwn@xxxxxxx> > debbie you bring up an excellent point. i am definitely writing this down > in my book of ideas for the chicago conference coming up in a couple > years. Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows www.trisomyonline.org Families Helping Families On-line Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows www.trisomyonline.org Families Helping Families On-line