Posts tagged downs syndrome
Superheroes - Take a Break

Happy New Year! Here's a glorious story to start the year off with a smile. These beautiful children all have Down's syndrome and their parents shared their stories in Take a Break to remind the world Down's syndrome is not a curse or a condition that needs eradicating. It's a super power! Out now in the Take a Break January special.

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Our beautiful Christmas Day surprise - Bella magazine

Hello cutie! Here's little Neave to touch your heart this Christmas! She gave her family a surprise last year but she's doing great now and this year promises to be a bit less dramatic for the Baldwin family. A lovely story celebrating Down's syndrome and the joy it brings. Out now in Bella.

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Told I couldn't conceive - Bella Magazine

Awwwww I love this family! Beautiful Maria and her beautiful children. Maria suffers from endometriosis and could not conceive again after the birth of her first child, Eleanor. She longed for a big, loud, happy family... Years went by and she booked in for a hysterectomy, ready to admit that it was not to be. But then... along came 

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Someone to believe in her - Bella

This beautiful story, out in Woman's Own, tells the story of how Cathy came to adopt Sinead, a poorly little lady who needed someone to believe in her. Sinead has Down's syndrome and was left pretty much alone for the first few months of her life. No cuddles, no love, no hope... until Cathy came along, fell madly in love, and gave Sinead the love, care and attention she deserved.

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World Down's syndrome Day 2019 - a retrospective collective

Happy World Down's syndrome Day 2019! It's become my tradition to collate all the stories about all the legends of the Down's syndrome community I've written about in the past year, to mark this wonderful, worldwide celebration. I have written about amazing children like Max, who I wrote about over Christmas for Best and Chat, who is just about the most gorgeous little elf in the world. 

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The Last Generation? Woman's Own

Always extra specially proud of my stories for and about the Down's syndrome community - here's this week's piece in Woman's Own magazine celebrating Sophie and Joe, two brilliant kids who have brought sunshine and sparkle to their family and friends - and who happen to have Down's syndrome. 

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