As soon as I start talking about Rory, I can hear people saying, ‘Here she goes, the Down Syndrome Expert’. I am nowhere near an expert but over the years you pick certain things up. It is something that comes with being close to someone with Down Syndrome. I’ve learnt over the last 3 years […]

A while ago I realised that naturally there was so much more support out there for new parents that have just received a diagnose of Down Syndrome for their baby. There isn’t much, if anything support wise for siblings. Of course, there are the Facebook groups or pages and fellow siblings on social media but […]

The meaning of the word, inspire is to fill someone with the urge or ability to do or feel something. Everyone at some point in their life is inspired to do something by someone. In my case, it was my brother, Rory and by something, I mean that he inspires me to do something in […]

Before I ramble on about what I think of you if you use the R word, I’m going to educate you on the word first. You’re probably reading this and wondering what the R word is. Well the R word is a way of abbreviating the word, ‘Retard’. It is a word tossed about a […]