{"id":991,"date":"2025-09-24T09:49:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=991"},"modified":"2025-11-19T15:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T20:50:16","slug":"eden-rapp","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/profile\/eden-rapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Eden Rapp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>My name is Eden Rapp and I am a hard worker and self advocate from California.  I have different kinds of writing and presentation experience both locally and nationally.  For example I have spoken at different events such as at the National Down Syndrome Society and National Down Syndrome Congress conventions since 2015.  I help lead a book club (UpVoice) for young adults with different Abilities to grow in their love for reading and grow in their social skills and independence.  In 2018 I got a Voice Award for self- advocacy from the Down Syndrome Association of Los Angeles. I earned a Competent Communicator award from Toastmasters in 2019.  I am active in Toastmasters and it has helped me grow as a Leader, Public Speaker and has taught me how to receive and give feedback. I am a published writer. In fact  National Down Syndrome Society used one of my articles for their DSworks campaign.  I care about the disability community. So I have lobbied in Washington DC and Sacramento plus I have written letters to support or oppose certain bills. So that it would be beneficial for people like me. <\/p>\n<p>I have enjoyed serving on the \u201cDown Syndrome to the Max\u201d co-research team with Boston University since 2022.  I can\u2019t wait to use my skills as I write and create more opportunities for my team as a Research Assistant.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24479,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24479"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1546,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/991\/revisions\/1546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/rubenstein\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}