WALKING 21 MILES FOR TRIMOSY 21 DOWN SYNDROME

Hello, my name is Gary, I'm a very proud dad to, two beautiful daughters, Annie 12 and Olivia who is almost two. Our Olivia came in to the world with an extra chromosome, she was born with down syndrome aka, TRIMOSY 21. We knew in the early stage of pregnancy that she had a 1-35 chance of being born with DS, we were offered to find out for sure if she did, but we didn't want or need to, it didn't matter to us if she had DS. When she was born we knew the moment we saw her that she had DS, but we still didn't care, she was our beautiful daughter.

The first Dr that came to see us asked "what do you know about DS" and admittedly we knew nothing, but the Dr said that was OK , he advise us not to Google about it, but if we did want to read up on it, then to look on the DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION website.

After a short while that's, what we did, and we still do. Having a child with DS has been a different journey for us as parents, and your put in a world that you wasn't aware of before. Looking back on it now, yes I didn't know much about DS, and what I did know, was just assumptions based on not very clear facts, and I think that's because we don't chose to educated ourselves on things that don't directly effect us. Having the down syndrome Association is something that is helping lots of families who have DS in their lives and I think people who don't have DS in the lives should use this site to educated themselves on what Having DS really means. Having charities like this is so important and I want to raise money for them because they will be helping us throughout all of Olivias life. And when she's old enough we will be showing her that she can get support through the down syndrome Association.

So to raise money for the DSA myself and some of my friends will be doing a 21 mile walk (for TRIMOSY 21) on Saturday 2 September, we will start at beachy head and finishing at Hastings pier, which will be 21 miles. It will hopefully take us the whole day and we hope to have some fun along the way

If anyone would like to join us then your more than welcome, and if you cant donate then sharing this go fund me page

Would be brilliant too! Thank you in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.

More information about Down's Syndrome Association: The Down's Syndrome Association is the only charity in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, focusing solely on all aspects of living successfully with Down's syndrome.