by Collette Divitto | Jan 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
One morning at work a young adult male walked in looking for someone else. It just so happened that he saw us getting ready to bake and went crazy. He wanted to bake with us and said he LOVE making cookies. I offered him to stay and help to later find out he had no...
by Collette Divitto | Aug 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
I have been thinking about my next cookie for a year now and it has been decided: A Chocolate Brownie Cookie! Since I am a CHOCOLATE LOVER, this cookie would have to be perfect- chewy, soft, molten like, and rich. I have worked on this cookie for months now, and it...
by Collette Divitto | Aug 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
My whole life, all I wanted was to be like everybody else. Having a labeled disability, I was always aware that I was different, and how I had to work quite a bit harder just to keep up with the rest of the big world if I wanted to be in it. Now that the...
by Collette Divitto | Feb 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
I will tell you what I do. First you should know that when I was in Highschool my friends from when I was younger had no interest in a friendship with me. In fact they had no interest in me at all. I use to come home crying and lock myself in my room wondering what I...
by Collette Divitto | Jan 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
I stay up late at night, often reading messages and emails to me and my Mom Rosemary. We get so many emails and notes about other young adults and children struggling in their schools and social circles to be accepted. They are sometimes in dummy down classes and not...
by Collette Divitto | Oct 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
I just got home from the annual conference for The Connecticut Down Syndrome Congress. I was asked to be there Keynote Speaker today October 19, 2019. My Mom and I drove down to Waters Edge Resort in Westbrook Ct on the 18th. We were invited to dinner with the Board...
