I felt I needed time to reflect on what I have been through over the last few years. Puttingthings in a box was not the best idea and having a beautiful little daughter also had not givenme much time to think or rest myself, as I perhaps should have done. I am so...

Ali Filer makes the very valid point about her son Dexter not being his diagnosis or label but a person first and foremost. She also clarifies the fact that Down Syndrome is not something you suffer from as such, it is simply a developmental delay not an illness! In fact individuals with Down Syndrome are able to live better than we do because they appreciate the here and now more than we ever will!

David Spencer tells a very poignant and personal story with so much honesty about adoption, mental health, loss, never meeting his birth mother and moving around somewhat. Not an easy life but he lived to tell the tale and has come out the other side. Now he is a carer to others and always looks on the bright side!