We live in an age when advertising and ads are starting to change and reflect society as a whole. We’ve seen some fashion labels feature elderly models and others bring an end to the practice of retouching photos ...
Kinsey works as a special education teacher for children with Down syndrome at a school in Louisville, Kentucky. She is very committed to her six students – so much so that she could never imagine ...
“When we first learned that Indy had down-syndrome, Joey and I weren’t really sure what to think, or what it meant to our lives and hers. Over the years at the concerts we’d played and ...
Facebook Freia was born and raised in Needham, Massachusetts and moved into the Charles River Center assisted living facility as an adult. The center helped her believe in herself and also helped her make contact ...
This is Sean Maehrer, a happy teen from Allentown, Pennsylvania who started high school back in September 2015. Because Sean has Down syndrome, his mother was worried—would he be bullied by his new classmates simply ...
While Milo and his family were eating, another family came in and sat at the next table. After a while, they shouted at waiter Michael Garcia and complained about the noise. Above all, they were ...
Years before, an Ecuadorian carpenter was finishing up a normal day on the job. He was on his way home when just outside his workplace, he saw a garbage bag leaning against a wall. Once his eyes ...
“Dear Doctor, A friend recently told me of when her prenatal specialist would see her child during her sonograms, he would comment, “He’s perfect.” Once her son was born with Down syndrome, she visited that ...
“Ever since my dad passed away, my little bro has been working day in and day out at Ankar’s Hoagies to ensure that my father’s legacy keeps going strong. From greeting customers to cleaning the ...
Andrea Ott-Dahl, left, was already a proud mother. But when family friends told her that they were having difficulty conceiving children, she didn’t hesitate. She stood in as a surrogate mother to help them to create the family they’d ...