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‘The Radical Beauty Project’ Challenges The Way We See People With Down’s Syndrome By Showing Their Modeling Skills (Zebedee Management)

Zebedee Management collaborates with the #RadicalBeautyProject on their first ever group shoot for #WDSD. All the models featured have #DownSyndrome, and look every inch the #Supermodels they are. When it comes to Down syndrome, most people are so prejudiced (for many reasons,...

Zebedee Management collaborates with the #RadicalBeautyProject on their first ever group shoot for #WDSD. All the models featured have #DownSyndrome, and look every inch the #Supermodels they are. When it comes to...

After 32 Years Of Service In A McDonald’s This Man With Down’s Syndrome Is Finally Retiring

Due to lack of accessibility and sometimes even discrimination, disabled people have a hard time finding paid jobs. However, many of those who manage to seize the opportunity, prove to anyone who thinks that disabled people can't hold jobs, wrong. Take...

Due to lack of accessibility and sometimes even discrimination, disabled people have a hard time finding paid jobs. However, many of those who manage to seize the opportunity, prove to anyone...

I Sketch Interesting People On The Metro Every Monday While Going To Classes With My Special Needs Child

Every monday together with my son I have to go to his classes. He has Down syndrome, therefore, I use every opportunity to educate him. It's almost 1,5 hours one way.

Every monday together with my son I have to go to his classes. He has Down syndrome, therefore, I use every opportunity to educate him. It's almost 1,5 hours one way.

Toddler With Down Syndrome Says His First Word After His Sister Sings Him A Song, And It Will Melt Your Heart

Music is often a perfect escape from the mundane routine of our lives, taking us away from reality. For some, however, music is a bridge that connects us closer to the world, especially this two-year-old boy with Down syndrome, Bo. Back in...

Music is often a perfect escape from the mundane routine of our lives, taking us away from reality. For some, however, music is a bridge that connects us closer to the...

Breathtaking Portraits Shed A Different Light On People With Down Syndrome

3/21 is World Down Syndrome Day. To celebrate, Finnish photographer Veikko Kähkönen teamed up with FAIDD (The Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) to produce extraordinary pictures of people with Down syndrome. The aim of the campaign was to inspire, raise awareness,...

3/21 is World Down Syndrome Day. To celebrate, Finnish photographer Veikko Kähkönen teamed up with FAIDD (The Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) to produce extraordinary pictures of people with Down...

Woman With Down Syndrome Competes In A Miss USA State Pageant For The First Time In History And Her Smile Says It All

"I want to be able to show others what inclusion is all about, that someone with special needs can go after their dreams." Those are the words of Mikayla Holmgren, a 22-year-old from Stillwater, Minnesota who's just made history by becoming...

"I want to be able to show others what inclusion is all about, that someone with special needs can go after their dreams." Those are the words of Mikayla Holmgren, a...

Instead Of Showing What People With Rare Diseases Can’t Do, This Campaign Shows Us What They Can

A year ago we, Irena Mila, Elena Fidanovska, Verica Piperevska as authors of this artworks, the sociologist Ivanna Hadzievska and Ance Tufekdzieva, Daniela Mircheska as parents of kids with Down Syndrome and Autism and Teano Cardula as a sister to our...

A year ago we, Irena Mila, Elena Fidanovska, Verica Piperevska as authors of this artworks, the sociologist Ivanna Hadzievska and Ance Tufekdzieva, Daniela Mircheska as parents of kids with Down Syndrome...

Kid Gets Rejected From Ad Campaign “Because He Has Down’s Syndrome”, Mom Fights Back

When Megan Nash was sending photos of son Asher, who has Down Syndrom, to a local model agency, she was told by the owner of the agency that her son's photos were not submitted to the company because it “didn’t specify...

When Megan Nash was sending photos of son Asher, who has Down Syndrom, to a local model agency, she was told by the owner of the agency that her son's photos...

Special Ed Teacher Invites Entire Class To Her Wedding, And The Internet Falls In Love With Her

Kinsey French, a special education teacher from Kentucky, not only got engaged in front of her whole class, but also invited her students, all with Down Syndrome, to the ceremony. On June 3rd the whole class from Christian Academy Rock Creek...

Kinsey French, a special education teacher from Kentucky, not only got engaged in front of her whole class, but also invited her students, all with Down Syndrome, to the ceremony. On...

Despite Being A Professional Photographer, I Decided To Learn Anew From My Daughter With Down Syndrome

The inspiration for conducting a photographic duel was brought on by my daughter Kaja who took her camera on a September school trip. I expected that, in accordance with the digital limitlessness she would bring back hundreds of photos, but to...

The inspiration for conducting a photographic duel was brought on by my daughter Kaja who took her camera on a September school trip. I expected that, in accordance with the digital...