by Erika Petrie | Oct 1, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
Kayla, a young girl with Down Syndrome who has hopes and dreams just like us! This month is Down Syndrome Awareness Month, a time to make everyone aware of just how much individuals with Down Syndrome are capable of and how they are people and have dreams just like we...
by Erika Petrie | Sep 26, 2020 | Articles, Feel Good
Pearl is incredibly feisty for a girl of nine years old, but you could say that comes with being the youngest in a family of six. For someone small for her age, she is strong as well, like super-human strong, she can lift nearly all of us on her back, be it for a...
by Erika Petrie | Sep 22, 2020 | Articles, Feel Good
I wanted to write a bit more about this wonderful teenager, because her story defied the odds of what was predicted by the professionals at the hospital eighteen years ago. They even intimated that her mother should leave her at the hospital because she would never...
by Erika Petrie | Sep 17, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
This is the story of Michela and Nicola, two Italian parents who following two unfortunate miscarriages and the news they could no longer have children of their own, decided to adopt two children with Down Syndrome. They started by adopting Marcello only after he had...
by Erika Petrie | Sep 13, 2020 | Articles, Feel Good
In Rome, Italy a restaurant was set up called ‘Locanda dei Girasoli’ which means ‘sunflower place’ to help facilitate greater social integration for adults with Down Syndrome. It offers both good food and smiles to appease both the stomach and...
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