Success Stories

Submit Your Success Story

We want to hear about your employment or entrepreneurial success story! NDSS is featuring stories from across the country from the perspective of employees and entrepreneurs with Down syndrome. Please complete the form below and submit a picture of a self-advocate in action! 

Submit Your Success Story


Heather, a blonde woman with Down syndrome, hands someone a document in the office.

Heather Hancock Blackburn

I have been working at the State Department of Education in the Special Education section as an Administrative Assistant since 2008. I also work for the Down Syndrome Association of Central Oklahoma through a grant from the Global Down Syndrome Foundation, which helped hire two self-advocates. I love my job! I also travel to Washington, D.C., to advocate for important bills that support people of all abilities in our community.