Telling the stories of characters with Down syndrome

By Sarah Kanake
Updated May 6 2016 - 10:13am, first published April 24 2016 - 4:08pm
There are few Down syndrome characters depicted in novels. Photo: Supplied
There are few Down syndrome characters depicted in novels. Photo: Supplied

In 2014 I was asked by my then university to present in a jovial end of year debate. My partner, brother and a few of my close friends came to watch. The auditorium was packed. There were university bigwigs on both teams. I was pretty nervous. It went well, although many of the debaters thought they were presenting in a real debate and the rest (myself included) had only prepared jokes.

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