by Guest Writer | May 23, 2021 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
An Independent Woman with Down Syndrome If you’re out and about in Phoenixville, PA, you may very well run into Julianna — that’s her stomping ground. She may be working as a barista at the Soltane Café or the Steel City Coffee House and Brewery, where she’s also a...
by Erika Petrie | May 11, 2021 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
Marijke is young dutch girl with Down Syndrome who is now 20 years old. She has an older sibling Tom, who is four years older than her and they have always been close. She comes from a very loving family and her parents Peter and Barbara have always doted on her and...
by Erika Petrie | May 10, 2021 | Current Affairs, Feel Good, Podcasts
Erika Petrie talks to Ilona Parunakova about Miki’s incredible story, how she came out the other side and how shades of different came about, a positive out of negative, and plans for the Shades of Different awareness raising campaign moving...
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...
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