03/16/2026
🎉All ages: join a fun celebration of inclusivity with author and advocate Melissa Hart and friends on World Down Syndrome Day, Sat., March 21, 2 p.m., at the Downtown Eugene Public Library, featuring info, cake and a dance party. Free!
Hart will share a short reading and slideshow from her latest book, "Down Syndrome Out Loud: 20+ Stories of Disability and Determination," an illustrated nonfiction book designed both for people who identify as intellectually and developmentally disabled, and for non-disabled middle-grade readers.
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