Dayton Avenue School students are using their voices to make sure that those with disabilities are included.

Athletes from the Bionic Project recently visited the students to discuss the definition of a “disability” and to raise awareness that disabled persons may interact with the world differently but can perform many of the same tasks as nondisabled persons. Athletes Nico Calabria and Joven Booker, para athletes at the top of their game, discussed how commercials often give mixed clues about the disabled and encouraged the students to use their voice to make sure disabled persons receive what they need and are included.

Principal Dr. Shelita Watkis said the assembly was a call to action. “We are asking the students to consider what they can do today to make Dayton Avenue more inclusive,” she said.

Additionally, the students celebrated Rock Your Socks Day. Each year on March 21, people around the world come together to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day by wearing brightly colored and mismatched socks. Socks are worn this day because the karyotype of Down syndrome chromosomes look like mismatched socks.

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Date Added: 3/24/2025