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MY SON Beckett is in his first year of high school, he has always loved school and the challenge of learning something new. I’ m pretty sure we hold the world record for most HotWheels in one family, he loves his HotWheels!
Beckett is an incredible swimmer and dancer and he knows his way around most video games. I love watching Beckett when he is with his sisters and friends, he has an incredible sense of humour – there are a lot of laughs in our house.
CHALLENGES AND JOYS Beckett is our first child, so he has taught my husband and I
so much about parenting. My joys of parenting Beckett are the same as my joys of parenting my daughters, I love my kids so much – everything I do is for them. We’ re always learning in our family, the biggest thing for me right now is to guide our kids into the teenage years with respect and kindness.
My biggest challenges are how the rest of the world sees individuals with Down syndrome, there is systemic discrimination and a lot needs to change.
TO OTHER PARENTS... We have been taught that having a child with a disability is nothing to celebrate, this narrative has been fueled by non-disabled people. It’ s not only dangerous but it is wrong, its because of this discriminatory belief that we are constantly fighting and advocating for basic human rights for individuals like my son Beckett.
Beckett is pretty amazing, all three of my children are, his extra chromosome may make doing some things hard for him but Down syndrome is not what defines him.