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Mardra Sikora

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By day Mardra balances a patchwork of community, advocacy, work and family. Co-author of The Parent's Guide to Down Syndrome (Adams Media, 2016) and also the “Essay: Arguing Eugenics” released in 2013,The Future and Other Twists: A collection of short and super-short stories, and the book series The Innocent Prince which is still in the progress. Mardra Sikora believes in the power of words and uses both fiction and non-fiction to advocate for and with her adult son Marcus. We’d love to see you around the Grown Ups & Downs Blog, Facebook Page or follow Mardra and Marcus on Twitter.

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Love Someone with Down Syndrome? Don’t Miss This.

I’ll keep this short and sweet, my friends. (But plenty of links if you want to know more.)

For those of you that love someone with Down syndrome, I urge you to sign up and attend the upcoming webinar from the Global Down Syndrome Foundation: New Research Discoveries and How to Participate. Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 12pm to 1:15pm MT. https://www.globaldownsyndrome.org/global-webinars/

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Mardra Sikora’s books

Average rating: 4.38 · 112 ratings · 18 reviews · 6 distinct works

	The Parent's Guide to Down Syndrome: Advice, Information, Inspiration, and Support for Raising Your Child from Diagnosis through Adulthood by Jen Jacob (Goodreads Author), Mardra Sikora (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Day: The Monster Rock Band by Marcus Sikora (Goodreads Author), Mardra Sikora (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arguing Eugenics 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forging Freedom 2 by Val Muller (Goodreads Author) (editor), Natasha Bennett (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Gillian Burdett (Goodreads Author) (contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Future and Other Twists it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Future and Other Twists: A collection of short and super-short stories by Mardra Sikora (Goodreads Author), Robyn Roberts (Editor), Timothy Wright (Photographer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Mardra Sikora (?)

“To achieve works of meaning, a writer (or any artist) must cut into himself and leave his soul on the canvas, exposed for anyone to do with what they please. Reject it. Spit on it. Swallow it whole. Whatever. It is done.”
― Mardra Sikora

tags: writing, writing-from-the-heart

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“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

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“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”
― Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless

tags: design, foolproof, ingenuity

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“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!”
― Maya Angelou

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“Writing isn’t easy. Writing means telling the truth when I want to lie.”
― Sherry Palmer, Life with Charley: A Memoir of Down Syndrome Adoption