by Erika Petrie | Jul 17, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
Chelsea as a world champion gymnast Chelsea Werner, born with Down Syndrome and now 32 years of age never ceases to amaze us. With sheer determination and practice she has become world gymnastics champion twice over (despite low muscle tone she defied all...
by Erika Petrie | Jul 15, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
This is a truly heart-warming story…Luca Trapanese a young single man in Naples, Italy, years ago set up his own centre for disabled adults and children, a home from home where people with disabilities abandoned by their own families or in need of respite care...
by Erika Petrie | Jul 14, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
Four years ago, Noellia Garella, an argentine woman with Down Syndrome, who herself had been discriminated against and was called ‘a monster’ at school, became the very first woman to be accepted as a pre-school teacher. She was initially met with a great...
by Erika Petrie | Jul 11, 2020 | Articles, Feel Good
Two brothers who have over a million followers in Italy, Luigi and Salvo Mastroianni, to the point that Luigi first gained fame by being invited onto Maria De Filippi’s TV show (she is a well known Italian TV presenter when it comes to talk shows), to talk about...
by Erika Petrie | Jul 10, 2020 | Articles, Feel Good
This is Ellie Goldstein, a young 18 year old woman with Down Syndrome who has now become a model and the face of Gucci Italy. She has a winning smile and appears full of confidence and a flair for fashion. Gucci Italia in partnership with Vogue recently scouted her...
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