Sunday, May 26, 2013

Businesses Owned By People with Down Syndrome

Here is a list business owners who have an extra chromosome!  I add new ones as I learn about them!

Please comment with any other ones that you know of!

Michael Johnson is a very accomplished artist who has DS. You can order prints, cards, and even original paintings at very reasonable prices from his website. http://users.psln.com/sharing/Michael/mainMichael.html

Dlyan has a store on his web site
http://www.oly-wa.us/dkarts/

Simply Adorable Blankets 
http://www.simplyadorableblankets.org/ourblankets.html

Creekside Cookies and more is the other company http://www.creeksidecookiesandmore.org/

Waggies by Maggie
http://www.waggies.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1

Group Hug Apparel
http://www.grouphugapparel.com/

Poppin' Joe's Kettle Korn
http://www.poppinjoes.com/about_us

Artist Michael Jurogue Johnson
http://users.psln.com/sharing/Michael/mainMichael.html

Author Kellie Greenwald
http://www.amazon.com/Kellies-Book-Possible-Kellie-Greenwald/dp/1877810428

Author Connor Gifford
http://www.amazon.com/America-According-Connor-Gifford/dp/0981719503/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1260327480&sr=1-1-fkmr1

Artist Cinnamon Edgar
http://cinnamonsfloridakeysart.com/

Eric and Megan's card business
http://www.downrightspecial.com/

Artist Dylan Kuehl
http://www.oly-wa.us/dkarts/

Glass Artist - KK
http://kkglassart.com/index.html

Artist Lupita
http://www.lupitacano.com/

Postcards by Tom Eisenger
http://www.inspires2aspire.com/

Sorting, stuffing, childcare and shredding
http://www.ajspecialservices.com/home.aspx

Artist with a variety of merchandise

http://www.bernadetteresha.com/

Brandon shoots and sells photographs 

http://bblovephotos.com/1.html

Lindsey has her own jewelry business called: Lindseymade Originalswww.lindseymadeoriginals.com 


Coffee for sale
http://furnacehillscoffee.com/our-story/

Another from a great self advocate we heard in Orlando! 
http://timsplaceabq.com/ 


Rebecca is presently scanning all of my old videos!

Find her on Facebook at PSB Cubed-Photo Scanning Business by Becca.

Lisa Signs with musical artists!

http://lisasmithsigns.com/ 


Allie Art - Beautiful Artwork by Allie Guard
www.allieartdesigns.com 

Pottery
http://christianroyalpottery.com/

Author Megan Abner
http://www.amazon.com/Syndrome-Its-all-about-attitude/dp/0989123502/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1369582471&sr=1-1&keywords=down+syndrome+up+syndrome

Artist Katie 
http://www.misskatieskreations.com/

Clothing for women with Down syndrome by Ashley By Design:
http://www.ashleybydesign.com/

Imperfect Creations
http://imperfectcreations.weebly.com/

Anna's Card Kits - Greeting Cards

https://www.etsy.com/shop/annacardkits

Emma Lynam Shredding!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/master-shredder_5602c2a0e4b00310edf962fd?ha6y9zfr&utm_hp_ref=good-news

Meg has a business with Unique hand crafted products.

http://megology.com/

Gracie sells the healthiest dog treats you can buy. Made with one ingredient, freeze dried USDA inspected meat and nothing else. No additives ever. Your dog wants to become a G-Dog and Gracie is ready to pack up your order.

https://graciesdoggiedelights.com/

Amazing all of these talented people!

16 comments:

Sasha@ Blyssfulhealth said...

Thanks for sharing. So amazing all the compannies that are listed. Loved reading about it.

Dayna Chandler said...

Great idea--here are a few more:

http://www.ashleesart.com/

Ashlee draws and paints animals and sells prints and cards.

http://www.bernadetteresha.com/

Artist with a variety of merchandise

http://bblovephotos.com/1.html

Brandon shoots and sells photographs

Lorna said...

Missy, I hope you keep updating them -- this page is definitely going to my permalink list, and I'm going to blog about it very soon!

Lindsey said...

My name is Lindsey and I have my own jewelry business called: Lindseymade Originals

Here is my website:

www.lindseymadeoriginals.com

Violette's Mom said...

http://www.furnacehillscoffee.com/index/ Here is a new one I just found!

Violette's Mom said...

http://timsplaceabq.com/ Another from a great self advocate we heard in Orlando!

Violette's Mom said...

http://www.poppinjoes.com/about_us
Here is another!

Mary Beth said...

My daughter is just starting a photo scanning and tape transfer business.

Find her on Facebook at PSB Cubed-Photo Scanning Business by Becca.

Todd's Mom said...

Todd, 29, is President of Inspires 2 Aspire, LLC in Ohio. His website is www.inspires2aspire.com with inspirational greeting cards. He'd love for you to check it out!

Brad said...

This is awesome! We need something like this in the community to help flex our economic muscle. We started selling t-shirts in honor of our daughter, with hopes of using proceeds to help DS related charities and organizations! These stories always make me glow!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/91923942/lifted-up-by-down-syndrome-shirt

stil524 said...

Nolan, a recent graduate of Katy High school in Katy, TX makes artisan jalapeño jams. His website is WWW.NolansSweetHeat.com. His jam is made with locally grown fruits and jalapeños and is an all natural, gluten free product. He currently has 9 flavors and these can be shipped anywhere in the U.S. and Canada.. Nolan is a member of the Katy Chamber. Please look him up on face book too!

Unknown said...

This will be a great link to put under Self-Advocacy on our new Capital Area Down Syndrome website. Thanks!!

Cindy said...

This is fantastic! I had no idea there were that many people with Ds who have their own business! Thank you for putting this list together.

(This is my first time on your blog. I've come over from The Bates Motel. I look forward to reading more!)

wendy said...

Just found your blog! Thanks for sharing the list and am off to check them out!!!

Unknown said...

I just came across this and it's so awesome! Thank you for sharing.

Unknown said...

Hi

With the help of my parents I just opened a business called Doodle Duck Design which makes inspirational wood signs and plaques to hold medals from special olympics, marathons and other sports events.

My Etsy store is https://www.etsy.com/shop/DoodleDuckDesign47

Thank you,
Troy Drake