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A wonderful and important video for the World Down Syndrome Day in 2025, but even if that day has passed, it is still as important today as then.

Sources:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRIQ80rJKAc
- https://www.coordown.it/en
#NoDecisionWithoutUs #WorldDownSyndromeDay

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Franke James Mar 22, 2025

#NoDecisionWithoutUs
In 2013, people assumed my sister’s life at 49 was over. @TeresaHeartchild fought back. 25,000 people signed her petition on #WDSD. Her supporters sent a letter to the Minister of Health. And finally, the govt apologized. Now Teresa is free. But thousands of others are being put into nursing homes. “The deprivation of liberty on the basis of disability is a human rights violation on a massive global scale.” C. Devandas-Aguilar UN Special Rapporteur https://vimeo.com/925626586

Teresa: #AssumeThatICan

#WDSD #AssumeThatICan "Ten years ago, people assumed my sister’s life at 49 was over. Teresa Heartchild fought back. 25,000 people signed her petition.…

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