This is definitely my feel good story of the day, if not the week or more. This story is close to home for me for two reasons – because I live in NJ and because my eight year old son has Down Syndrome. For anyone that doesn’t know, October is Down Syndrome Awareness month. I was surfing the web and found a story from the Hudson Reporter informing readers that in honor of Down Syndrome Awareness month, the Township of North Bergen NJ has made a proclamation honoring over 300 area residents with Down Syndrome. I found it touching because in a society where people stare, distance themselves, speak without thinking, judge others and mistreat others, here is an entire township trying to ensure that these residents know they belong. Not only could other townships learn from this, so could much of society.
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I love that an entire community is working on awareness and acceptance of Down Syndrome. There are just too many folks in this world who behave ignorantly in the face of differences.
Mahalo for sharing some good stuff!
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What an important thing for the community to do! Kudos to them.
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