Donna shares her story of how she watched Parkinson's disease overwhelm her grandmother and her mother. Now battling it herself, Donna is such a brave and courageous woman, determined to give her own daughter the best life she can.
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This beautiful story, out in Woman's Own, tells the story of how Cathy came to adopt Sinead, a poorly little lady who needed someone to believe in her. Sinead has Down's syndrome and was left pretty much alone for the first few months of her life. No cuddles, no love, no hope... until Cathy came along, fell madly in love, and gave Sinead the love, care and attention she deserved.
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I worked with the fab dating agency Lumen on this piece for Woman's Own, interviewing Angela and Kamay about their dating world. Online dating is such a normal part of the dating world now, but some profiles are more successful than others... read our piece to find out why !Lumen is aimed at the over 50s
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There wasn't a dry eye in the house while I was working on this story - Jon's love for his wife Rach shone through his words and it was an honour to write for him .Over on my 'charity' page you can see the link for Jon's fundraising campaign - he's raising money for Breast Cancer Care to thank the charity for the support they gave his family during Rach's cancer battle. His story is out now in Bella.
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Happy World Down's syndrome Day 2019! It's become my tradition to collate all the stories about all the legends of the Down's syndrome community I've written about in the past year, to mark this wonderful, worldwide celebration. I have written about amazing children like Max, who I wrote about over Christmas for Best and Chat, who is just about the most gorgeous little elf in the world.
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How adorbs is Henry? Emily had to fight to have her voice heard when she found out prenatally that he had Down's syndrome. She was urged far too many times to have a termination... but she knew her own mind and her love for her unborn son was never in question. Once he was born, Emily was asked if she wanted him adopted.
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