Posts tagged happy children
Why weren't we taught this in school?

I love writing these health reports for Take a Break - this one looks at the most important life lessons we were not taught in school. Hopefully today’s kids are being taught more than algebra because communication, emotion regulation, well-being, hell, even budgeting, would have been a lot more useful!

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World Down's syndrome Day 2022 - a retrospective collective

A selection of my stories from the past year, celebrating Down’s syndrome. How lucky we are to have these children in our world - and how lucky I am to help bring their stories to a wider audience! Click on through to see the features with which we hope to dispel myths, celebrate amazing kids and simply say: Down’s syndrome is not to be feared. Down’s syndrome is a superpower!

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Our shining stars...

My latest collaboration with photographer extraordinaire Nicole Louise sees Moana, Rapunzel and Cruella - AKA Aisha, Darcy and Cerys, shine brightly from the pages of Chat magazine. To see more of Nicole’s work, visit her website here. Thank you to mums Kate, Menna and Jessica for sharing your gorgeous children with us!

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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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Had hubby's kids after he died - Sunday Mirror

This is a story of love, loss, hope and the happiest of endings in the wake of the saddest of times. Angeleen is an absolute delight. She knew that she and Chris would make perfect parents. After a brain tumour cruelly took his life too soon, she decided to have IVF with his sperm, creating two beautiful children. The story was in the Mirror yesterday - read it online here. 

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