Live Blog

This live blog is about celebrating the inspirational stories and achievements of individuals all over the world who have overcome their ‘different ability’, impairment, stunted growth or otherwise to prove misconceptions are wrong and equality and diversity is the way forward… please enjoy, share and comment thank you …
Marijke’s Story
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...
One Mother’s Journey: ‘Live in the Moment’ podcast
https://youtu.be/Bv0zigwcWLU 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...
Uncle Jack (the French guy) by Catherine Helle
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...
David’s story
“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...
World Down Syndrome Day Presentation – 21st March 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYLsVpzb8p4 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...
‘Tears’ by Katinka McDowell
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 and is...
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As of 31st March 2022, Shades of Different is now officially registered as a charity incorporated organisation (charity no: 1198481). We aim to raise funds to provide vital therapies and promote better inclusion for differently able children, initially in Dorset and hopefully spreading to other parts of the UK in the future. Please donate as little or as much as you can, knowing that this will really make a difference to these children who really deserve it and can help to make our world a better place.
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