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Discover how John’s Crazy Socks, co-founded by an entrepreneur with Down syndrome, is making a difference. Highlighted byThe New York Post, this inclusive sock store spreads happiness and champions differing abilities.
Our mission has made John and me evangelists for the ideal of inclusion. At the same time, our business, due to its success and recognition, has created a platform where people will listen to us. That creates an obligation on our part to speak up. 
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Recently, John and Mark Cronin, the inspiring father-son team behind John’s Crazy Socks, joined host Juan Taveras on his podcast, The Inclusive Leader Spotlight. The episode dove into their journey of building a workplace that celebrates abilities and embraces inclusion, while fulfilling their company’s mission to Spread Happiness
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We are thrilled to announce that season two of the Spreading Happiness Podcast with John and Mark has just kicked off, and it’s bigger, better, and happier than ever! Get ready for another round of laughs, heartwarming stories, and all the joy you’ve come to expect from John and Mark.
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At John’s Crazy Socks, we believe in working hard and having fun—and last night’s Bowling Night with our Sock Wranglers proved just that! We gathered our incredible team at the Bowlmor alley in Melville for a much-deserved evening of laughter, pizza, and some friendly competition.
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Every July, people from around the world come together to celebrate Disability Pride Month, a time to honor the diversity, strength, and resilience of individuals with disabilities. John’s Crazy Socks joins this celebration as we strive to show what people with differing abilities can do.  
Juneteenth recognizes the freeing of slaves after the Civil War. Most specifically, it memorializes the date when Federal troops informed slaves in Galveston Texas on June 19, 1865, that they were free. It is a celebration of freedom and equality. And it is a celebration of the ongoing struggle for freedom and equality for all. 
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John and Mark X. Cronin, the father-son team that co-founded John’s Crazy Socks, traveled to TD University in Mount Laurel, New Jersey to deliver the keynote presentation at the 2023 TD Bank Disability Summit.
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This week, our newest Sock Wrangler, Camryn Haupert, received her first paycheck and we came together to celebrate. John Cronin, our co-founder, handed Camryn her check and congratulated her while her colleagues looked on and applauded. 
Could you survive on your 1989 salary? Of course not, but that is what the Social Security Administration asks people with SSI to do. The asset limits – the maximum amount you can save and still quality for SSI – have been frozen at $2,000 since 1989. 
At John’s Crazy Socks, we're on a mission to spread happiness. Much of that mission is built around our efforts to show what people with differing abilities can do. At the heart of that effort is our commitment to creating jobs and hiring people with differing abilities. More than half our colleagues have a differing ability. 
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Our co-founder and John’s father, Mark X. Cronin, has been recognized as a “Champion of Long Island’s Special Needs Community” by New York Family. The publication selected Mark X. Cronin for “making Long Island a better place for people with disabilities.” 
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