by Erika Petrie | Jul 23, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
At only 19 years of age, Lauren Potter through her sheer determination has managed to be accepted onto the cast of the ‘Glee’ series in the States, where last year she took centre stage. She played the role of Becky Jackson, a cheerleader with Down...
by Erika Petrie | Jul 20, 2020 | Current Affairs, Feel Good, Podcasts
Erika Petrie is interviewed by Mary Flavelle about all matters down syndrome…
by Guest Writer | Jul 20, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
Miki’s music honours the ‘different’ children
by Erika Petrie | Jul 17, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
Chelsea as a world champion gymnast Chelsea Werner, born with Down Syndrome and now 32 years of age never ceases to amaze us. With sheer determination and practice she has become world gymnastics champion twice over (despite low muscle tone she defied all...
by Erika Petrie | Jul 15, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
This is a truly heart-warming story…Luca Trapanese a young single man in Naples, Italy, years ago set up his own centre for disabled adults and children, a home from home where people with disabilities abandoned by their own families or in need of respite care...
by Erika Petrie | Jul 14, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
Four years ago, Noellia Garella, an argentine woman with Down Syndrome, who herself had been discriminated against and was called ‘a monster’ at school, became the very first woman to be accepted as a pre-school teacher. She was initially met with a great...
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