Do you know 21 March is World Down Syndrome Day?

Tweet

I just got to know about this day from Facebook. It's to raise awareness of what Down Syndrome is and understand more about Down Syndrome. The date 21 March was chosen as it signifies the uniqueness of the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome which causes Down Syndrome. Some videos were also shared in the Facebook post I read, and one of the videos was recorded to a future mom as she has found out her baby has Down Syndrome and she was scared. A few children with Down Syndrome told the future mom not to be worried, as the child will also do a lot of things as other kids, though there might be difficulties, aren't all moms are having challenges with all their children? Reading that post and the videos from Facebook really made me cry. May all of us have respect, acceptance, appreciation and love with those have Down syndrome. You can find more about this day here: https://worlddownsyndromeday.org/