Speak up with us on 21 March.

Author: WorldDownSyndromeDay

Dianne & Christine Bilyak

The Bilyak sisters from the US

Since it’s May 15, my sister and I, though not twins, are the same age. We’re born a year apart but overlap between May 14-May 17. Today we are both 55, or five five or two fives, as Chris likes to say. This year, due to the global pandemic, we’ve spent a lot more time…
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The Graça family

The Graça family from Brazil

My name is Andre Graça. Me and my wife live in Sao Paulo, Brazil, one of the biggest cities in the world. We have two children, twins, they are 2 years old. Esther and Guilherme; Guilherme has Down syndrome. Both are incredible kids, with a lot of love to share. We discovered that Gui (nickname of…
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The Willems family

The Willems family from New Zealand

Kia ora. My name is Luka Willems and I live in New Zealand. I love my family and we go on adventures together. We have been discovering new places in Aotearoa since NZ closed the borders. I would like to share our trip to Stuart Island with you. It is the smallest of New Zealand’s…
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Beatrice from Ghana

The Baah family from Ghana

I have quite a large family. My dad who is seated and my siblings with my nephews and nieces. I love them all. They make me feel special at all time. I feel very happy when I’m with the family. Thank you all for the support and making me part of this wonderful family. I…
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The Livesey family

The Livesey family from the UK

Our family consists of the gorgeous Henrietta who’s two and a half, mum Lauren, dad David and Henri’s fur-sister Agatha. Henri is doing really well with her physical development and communicates through the use of Makaton. We spend a lot of time working on exercises and activities given to us by Henri’s physio, speech therapist…
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The Karunaratne family

The Karunaratne family from Sri Lanka

We are a expat family from Sri Lanka, living in UAE and this is our story… In the year 2017 my wife Judy, our son Yehel, who was 2 years at that time, and I returned back to the UAE after a family vacation spent in Sri Lanka. Once we were back my wife told…
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The Kowalczyk family from Poland

The Kowalczyk family from Poland

Hi, I’m Maja and this is my family : Mother Ola, Father Piotr, younger sister Kasia and old cat named “Miss White”. We are living in Warsaw. I’m 23 years old. This is my last year at school, but I do not worry about my future. I am an actress and work in Teatr21. I…
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Bashir from UK

Bashir from the UK

My name is Bashir and am 27 years old. I live in London with my mum and dad. I went to mainstream school. I like Music, Dance, sport and Art. I like to travel to lots of places by train and stay in nice hotels. I went to pilgrimage in Makkah in 2014 for my…
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The Koch family from Germany

The Koch family from Germany

We are the Koch Family! A bilingual, Canadian/German family. We have two great big football playing boys and one tiny football playing little girl! Lola was diagnosed with DS at birth, which was a shock to mama and papa. We were especially concerned if Lola would be able to communicate in two languages. We didn’t…
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Seiko from Japan

Seiko from Japan

“I am Seiko. I am 40 years old. I work three days a week, at a food shop. I take music lesson once a week. I really enjoy playing the piano. I know I am not good at the piano, but the teacher said, “your piano performance is great. Because I know you are enjoying…
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