WEAR SEW SMART

"Wear Sew Smart" is a community service initiative to donate doll dresses sewn by teenage identical twin sisters to preschools, starting with our alma mater, Developmental Disabilities Institute (DDI) Starting Early in Huntington, NY. We were born at 31 weeks gestation, after surviving twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. We weighed 2 and 3 pounds and were placed in the NICU for months. Our toddler years consisted of Early Intervention ABA services, speech, occupational and physical therapies, after we were both diagnosed with PDD-NOS. DDI was the foundation of our remarkable educational journey. The educators at this special education preschool were first rate and we graduated their program with significantly improved speech and physical abilities. Although still delayed, we continued our journey with the Half Hollow Hills School District, where we have transitioned into inclusion classes. By the time we were in fourth grade, we had been placed in all general education courses,..