Posted on 01/26/2016 10:45:08 PM PST by kathsua
Blake Pyron and his family refuse to be held back by a world of “can’tâ€s.
When Blake was born, doctors diagnosed him with Down syndrome and told his family that he may never walk or talk, his mother, Mary Ann Pyron, told ABC 13 News.
“They didn’t give us much hope for Blake’s plans, but we had faith,†Mary Ann said.
Twenty years later, Blake and his family are challenging all the predictions about what the young man could and couldn’t do in life. This winter, Blake hopes to become the youngest business owner in his hometown of Sanger, Texas, according to the report.
The family plans to open a snow cone business called Blake’s Snow Shack on May 7. The city council is slated to give final approval of the business on Feb. 1, the report states. The young man is the president of the company, and his parents are co-owners. Blake already hired his first employee, too, his 15-year-old neighbor Tanner Maples, according to the report.
“We have high expectations for Blake,†Mary Ann said.
The report continues:
The Pyron family says they’d long thought about what the plan for their son should be once he graduated high school. He’d had a job at a BBQ joint in Sanger and loved it, so they wanted it to be food-related.
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They reached out to the owners of Tim’s Place in Albuquerque, a restaurant run by a young man with Down syndrome, and the manager there looked over their business plans and gave them the courage they needed to move forward.
Mary Ann is grateful she’s able to provide this opportunity for her son. Firm employment statistics for those with Down syndrome are hard to find, but Mary Ann says there are not many business opportunities for people with special needs.
“Blake has exceeded everything. He was a football captain, he was a prom king, now he’s a business owner,†she said. “We’ve never limited Blake.â€
The young man and his family already have their big, yellow Snow Shack food truck ready to go, and T-shirts to match. Now, they just have to wait for the weather to get warmer.
Stories about Blake, Tim Harris, the owner of Tim’s Place, and Jamie Brewer, a fashion model with Down syndrome, and others are combating the fears and negative stereotypes about the genetic disorder and showing the world the value of people with Down syndrome.
yes because their mothers did not think they would be winners, in an odd way the insured it though as those children are as sinless as mortal man may be. That they will be taken to heaven is my belief and that their mothers might find a way to ask forgiveness my hope.
But it’s REALLY his parents who will run this “business”.
Yes.
The family plans to open a snow cone business called Blakes Snow Shack on May 7. The city council is slated to give final approval of the business on Feb. 1, the report states. The young man is the president of the company, and his parents are co-owners
1. In Texas the city council has absolutely NO SAY whether or not you can start a business in a city.
2. They formed a corporation and say the parents are co-owners? Corporations don’t have co-owners...they have stock holders.
3. In Texas you are required to have a minimum of $1,000 in assets to even file for a corporation.
4. Come on! A corporation formed to sell snow cones?
5. Where did the kid get all of the money to buy all of the equipment, supplies, vehicle, insurance and all other costs of starting and doing business? HUH?
In summary: The kid did not do this by himself but was set up by his parents simply to “show and tell” what a business titan he was and to heap praise upon him for something he could not do by himself.
My son was afflicted by Myotonic Dystrophy and was mentally and physically crippled. I went through numerous experiences whereby others did things for him and praised him for doing it himself. It made them feel better for after they patted themselves on their backs and went home, he quickly became despondent to find out that he actually could not do the feats alone and without their help. False hope is a terrible thing to do to someone who mentally and physically can’t do it alone.
In some states, such as Kansas,vocational rehabilitation services will help people with disabilities start their own business.
Or put in the time to make sure they excelled to the best of their ability.
We have a dear friend who is mild Down’s, she sings in the Choir, reads, writes, plays piano from the hymn books. Kind, caring. She is 40+. Her mom devoted her life to making sure she learned all she could. She now lives in a group home, as she has seizures, and no near relatives to over see her health.
Then there is Indiana Boone Feek who at 22 months old, her mom dying of Stage 4 Colon Cancer who is already learning to do sign language. She is the joy of life to watch in photos and when she gets to see her mom, whose days are few. Unless GOD decides otherwise. http://thislifeilive.com/
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