by Guest Writer | May 3, 2021 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
Uncle Jack (Jacques in French) was born in 1967, from a modest family in the north of France, when Down Syndrome wasn’t known as well known as it is today. His mother was a seamstress and his father, a coal miner. One day, his father took his first flight and as...
by Guest Writer | Apr 25, 2021 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
“David is just a person like anyone else. If you take out the Down’s Syndrome, then he is no different to anyone else.”Elizabeth, David’s sister David has lived in his own home now for six years and enjoys a lifestyle enriched with experiences, thanks to the...
by Erika Petrie | Apr 19, 2021 | Current Affairs, Feel Good, Podcasts
Rashi (from Face to Face) interviews Erika again on World Down Syndrome Day to talk about what this means and how Shades of Different has been set up to make a difference…how future inclusion lies in changing the mindset and ignorance within society…How...
by Guest Writer | Apr 17, 2021 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
The inspirational story of Eiden McDowell, a ten year old from Bournemouth, who has a life limiting condition and whose sister Katinka, now thirteen, wrote an incredibly powerful song about entitled ‘Tears’ when she was just 11. This has now been recorded...
by Erika Petrie | Apr 8, 2021 | Current Affairs, Feel Good, Podcasts
Erika Petrie is interviewed by Steve Saville at Forest FM on World Down Syndrome Awareness Day, to raise further awareness about her daughter Micaela, how Miki has enriched her life, and about her mission with Shades of Different and her objective of making it into a...
by Guest Writer | Apr 6, 2021 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
Olivia DePiore, now 24, is a childhood cancer survivor and a successful working model on the runway, as well as in print and TV advertisements. 5ft tall in height, she is quite petite which is unusual in an industry that tends to celebrate statuesque young women. She...
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