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pauldo
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Username: pauldo

Post Number: 1457
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Saturday, March 21, 2015 - 1:39 pm:   Edit Post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTerS96PUic
pauldo
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Username: pauldo

Post Number: 1458
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Saturday, March 21, 2015 - 4:33 pm:   Edit Post

Sorry . . .
Today is World Down's Syndrome Day.
hammer
Senior Member
Username: hammer

Post Number: 678
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Saturday, March 21, 2015 - 9:37 pm:   Edit Post

Pauldo.

Sorry for what? As someone who has spent the last 35 years of his professional life working with people who are "different" (and I don't mean those of us who are members of the non-dominant microculture of Alembic players) I found the piece both moving and right on target. We all have a myriad of characteristics that make us who we are, and kids with Down syndrome just happen to have an extra 21st chromosome. Unfortunately, far too many people let that one characteristic define how they view individuals with Down syndrome forgetting about all the other aspects of a person that make them who they are.

Thanks for posting.
peoplechipper
Senior Member
Username: peoplechipper

Post Number: 587
Registered: 2-2009
Posted on Sunday, March 22, 2015 - 12:22 am:   Edit Post

That was a great ad...
pauldo
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Username: pauldo

Post Number: 1459
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Sunday, March 22, 2015 - 5:49 pm:   Edit Post

Brian, thanks for the thoughtful words.

My apology was for my lack of putting the link into context.

You are correct, the extra chromosome is a bonus and makes for people who have more heart and a stronger sense of what life is really about.
terryc
Senior Member
Username: terryc

Post Number: 2340
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Monday, March 23, 2015 - 2:38 am:   Edit Post

Hammer us different...you right there!

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