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Congressman LaLota Visits John’s Crazy Socks

Congressman Nick LaLota (NY-1) visited John’s Crazy Socks yesterday. He met with the staff and the father and son co-founders, John and Mark X. Cronin. John and Mark bootstrapped their start up into the world’s largest sock store.

January 24, 2024
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John and Mark X. Cronin Speak to Future Doctors at Holy Cross about Treating People with Intellectual Developmental Disabilities

John and Mark X. Cronin, the father-son team that founded John's Crazy Socks, spoke with future doctors and medical professionals at the College of the Holy Cross on treating patients and families with a differing ability.

November 15, 2023
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John Cronin Hand-Delivers Quarterly Donation to ACDS

John Cronin, Co-Founder of John’s Crazy Socks, has a special place in his heart for ACDS because he attended their preschool. John welcomed the opportunity to visit ACDS and hand-deliver the quarterly donation check from John’s Crazy Socks.

November 15, 2023
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John and Mark X. Cronin Addressed the NYC Marathon Team for Hope Story

John and Mark X. Cronin, the co-founders of John’s Crazy Socks, were thrilled when they were invited to speak with the volunteers running the NYC Marathon to support Hope Story.

November 14, 2023
3 min read

John and Mark X. Cronin of John’s Crazy Socks Speak on Starting a Business

John and Mark X. Cronin, the father and son team that founded John’s Crazy Socks, spoke on a panel at the National Down Syndrome Society’s Adult Summit on starting a business.

November 14, 2023
4 min read

John and Mark X. Cronin Address International Audience in Sweden and Norway

The Swedish Down Syndrome Association and Down Syndrome Norway combined efforts to organize an online conference with John and Mark X. Cronin, co-founders of John’s Crazy Socks, as the featured speakers. The event gathered parents, advocates and people with Down syndrome to hear John and Mark’s inspirational story and to hear success stories about the employment of people with Down syndrome.

October 19, 2023
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Did You Know that 90 Percent of People with Down Syndrome Will Develop Alzheimer’s Disease?

There is an awful reality that confronts people with Dwon syndrome and their families: nearly every person with Down syndrome will develop Alzheimer’s. Despite this foreboding future, people with Down syndrome are barred from the promising trials of drugs to address Alzheimer's disease, drugs that could change the future for thousands of people with Down syndrome. This inequity needs to change.

October 18, 2023
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John Returns to Boston for Medical Research Study into Down Syndrome

John Cronin, co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks, returned to Boston this past weekend to continue his participation in a medical research study of people with Down syndrome.

October 16, 2023
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John and Mark X. Cronin Speak at GiGi's Playhouse Phoenix/Scottsdale

John and Mark X. Cronin, co-founders of John’s Crazy Socks, spoke with self-advocates, parents and supporters at GiGi's Playhouse Phoenix/Scottsdale. The father-son team shared their story as a family and in business to offer an example of what people with Down syndrome can accomplish and to offer encouragement to the self-advocates with Down syndrome and their families.

September 28, 2023
5 min read

John Cronin Celebrates at the NDSS NYC Buddy Walk

John Cronin, the co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks, joined the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) NYC Buddy Walk® celebratingpeople with Down syndrome.

September 12, 2023
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John Cronin Joins the Celebration for the Down Syndrome Video on Times Square Billboard

Hundreds of people from across the country and around the world gather in Times Square for the video and John Cronin, founder of John’s Crazy Socks, and his family were among those joining the fun.

September 11, 2023
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It Is Time to Eliminate the Subminimum Wage: We Can No Longer Allow Employers to Pay People with a Disability as Little as $0.25 an Hour

Did you know that more than 140,000 Americans are being paid less than minimum wage simply because they have a disability? Some are paid as little as $0.25 an hour. And not only is this legal, but it is also done with the blessing of the US government. Organizations are allowed to treat these workers as if they are sub-human. This is done in all of our names and it is time we put a stop to it. It is time to eliminate the sub-minimum wage.

September 06, 2023
5 min read

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