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Time to Raise the SSI Asset Levels

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.

October 23, 2023
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Hiring People with Differing Abilities at John’s Crazy Socks

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.

October 20, 2023
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Giving Back Report for September 2023

October 20, 2023
8 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
4 min read

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
3 min read

John is a Swiftie

After listening to Taylor Swift’s music for years, John will proudly share that he is a Swiftie.

“I love Taylor Swift,” said John. “I love her music, I love her singing, I love her dancing. I love everything about her.”

October 17, 2023
3 min read

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
4 min read

John the Jet Fan Comes to the Aide of a Miami Dolphin

Tyreek Hill, the star wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins received a $7,000 fine for not wearing socks. John Cronin, who loves socks so much that he started his very own sock company, John’s Crazy Socks, thought that was crazy. John sent a box of his socks to Tyreek Hill.

October 12, 2023
2 min read

John and Mark X. Cronin Speak on How a Purpose-Driven Business Leads to an Engaged Workforce

October 12, 2023
4 min read

Ending The Sub-Minimum Wage for People with a Disability

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a time to celebrate the achievements of people with differing abilities in the workplace. Yet there is a stain on the celebration because the sub-minimum wage persists and we have people in this country paid as little as $0.25 an hour simply because they have a disability. It is past time that we eliminated the sub-minimum wage.

October 11, 2023
3 min read

John’s Crazy Socks Supports the Sorrentino Family Turkey Drive

Last night, John Cronin, co-founder of John’s Crazy Socks, attended a fundraiser for the annual Sorrentino Family Turkey Drive. This marks the 15^th year that Andre Sorrentino and his family have run the largest Thanksgiving food drive in the area.

October 06, 2023
3 min read

New York Family Magazine Names Mark X. Cronin a Champion of Long Island’s Special Needs Community

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.”

October 04, 2023
2 min read

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