Assessed Syndromes

Meghan Finn is as charismatic as she is talented. ... [a] beautiful young lady who happens to have Williams syndrome ... that she lives and deals with courageously every day.

Taken from Meghan Sings! http://www.meghansings.ws/

People with Ushers do not need people to think, ‘How terrible, this person is deaf and blind; there is nothing to do.’ What we need is for people to say, ‘This person is deaf and blind. What can I do to facilitate his achievement of his full potential?’

Lawrence W. Lee, 43 year old Afro-American with Usher syndrome.

I have always felt that I’m lucky to have Mellissa ... but I feel in a way that she’s more special now. ... Her teachers often comment on what a determined little girl she is. If she does find a task hard at school she does not let it worry her too much.

Taken from Cheryl and Mellissa’s Story, Aspects, June 2005 issue, the newsletter of the Turner Syndrome Support Society UK

I Have Tourettes, but Tourettes Doesn’t Have Me

Title of HBO documentary aired 11 December 2005, listed on http://tsa-usa.org/

Living with Rett syndrome is kind of like being on a roller coaster that never stops. It has it’s ups and downs, the smooth but bumpy course, the twists and turns that

Daisy has always loved school. She participates in all areas of the curriculum with varying levels of support. She has always loved all of her teachers and had a good

They tell us that they want to be a firefighter and a tow truck driver, they want to have a family and a job, they understand that’s what people do. They have dreams and we will support them in anything they choose ...

I’m not a ‘Down’s’. I am a person with Down syndrome ... Down syndrome is just something I have, not who I am.

Share the Journey, 2007 Calendar Down Syndrome Ireland