#World Down Syndrome Day 2017 – Day 5

This year Down Syndrome Australia is celebrating #MyVoiceMyCommunity with the international Down syndrome community. Join us as we count down to  21 March with 21 stories of inclusion and personal success.

Despite appearances, my daughter Charlotte and her friend Emma are only two weeks apart in age. In fact, Charlotte is older. Coincidentally, Emma was born on World Down Syndrome Day. They briefly roomed together in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and once Charlotte was home, they spent many mornings lying on rugs while my bestie, Emma’s mum, and I drank coffee and talked the mornings away ... read the whole story here.