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First Down's Syndrome Runway Model Inspires the World

By Doug Crowe June 5, 2015
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Peoples with intellectual disabilities are often shown in popular media to be completely dependent on their caretakers.
Jamie Brewer American Horror Story star Jamie Brewer, the first Down's syndrome runway model.

(Newswire.net -- May 25, 2015) Gladesville, NSW -- People with intellectual disabilities are often shown in popular media to be dependent on their caretakers. Because of how they are portrayed in popular media, a skewed perspective on the reality of intellectual disability is mainstream.

Until now.

According to the Huffington Post, an upsurge of self-sufficient, young women with intellectual disabilities are becoming more popular. Jamie Brewer, a thirty-year-old actress best known for her work in American Horror Story was the first model with Down’s syndrome to walk the runway during New York Fashion Week. Brewer participated in designer Carrie Hammer’s Role Models Not Runway Models line for Fall of 2015; in which the designer created made-to-measure fashion and included women of all shapes and sizes in her runway show.

The push towards acceptance into the mainstream doesn’t stop there. She has since inspired Madeline Stuart, an eighteen-year-old aspiring model also with Down’s Syndrome, to fulfill her dream of modeling and to challenge society’s definition of what “beautiful” can really be. She believes that people with Down’s syndrome can do anything, they just have to go at their own pace, firmly believing that people with Down’s are beautiful, sexy and should be celebrated.

These two women work to encourage all girls with intellectual disabilities and inspire them to be themselves. These new role models not only inspire children with intellectual disabilities, but anyone who faces challenges. These two trendsetters have shown that even a person with an intellectual disability, can do anything a person without a disability can do.

And more.

Karen Wong“Every day we have the privilege to work with the most creative minds, the most energetic bodies, and the kindest of hearts. These kids inspire us as much as we inspire them...to forge new paths and see things from a different perspective,” states Karen Wong, from The Learning Clinic.

Wong’s clinic does not cater to Down’s patients, but to another set of intellectual disability. A disorder that is the fastest growing intellectual disability on the planet.

Autism.

Her clinic offers individualized programs for individual clients designed to suit their strengths, each program completely flexible to match the clients’ goals and needs. Each member of the team at The Learning Clinic are therapists and psychologists dedicated to bringing out the best in each and every one of their clients.

Through their work in The Learning Center, http://thelearningclinic.com.au/, the team members are dedicated to making sure that each clients can become the very best they can be. The clients that have come out of The Learning Center prove that every single person is capable of anything they put their minds to. They just need to be given the chance to be able to show what they are truly capable of. The only way that they can do this is if they are given the chance to show how bright they can really shine.

 

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About The Learning Clinic

The Learning Clinic (formerly the Australian office of one of the world’s leading organisations in Autism and ABA services, the Center for Autism and Related Disorders) has a long history of ABA services in Australia. We are one of Sydney’s oldest and most experienced ABA service providers, helping children, adolescents and adults with autism to learn, grow and succeed since January 1997.

The Learning Clinic

33/1 Jordan Street
Gladesville, NSW 2111
Australia
+61298177002
info@thelearningclinic.com.au
Source: http://newswire.net/newsroom/pr/00088825-first-down-s-syndrome-runway-model-inspires-the-world.html
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Authority Fusion Co-founder, Doug Crowe was not born in a slum, nor was he homeless or raised by wolves. While that may make for a more inspirational story, it simply isn’t true.
He did, however, win the Dale Carnegie Highest Achi...  more
Authority Fusion Co-founder, Doug Crowe was not born in a slum, nor was he homeless or raised by wolves. While that may make for a more inspirational story, it simply isn’t true.
He did, however, win the Dale Carnegie Highest Achievement award as a high school student and was one of the youngest trainers for that organization. He graduated from Northwestern University with a B.S. in speech and a concentration in TV and film. Doug is an accomplished writer having contributed to the Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, MSN Money, Yahoo Finance, the Seattle Times and has authored several books.
Doug has been featured on CBS news, the Daily Cafe and dozens of radio stations. A former radio host himself on ABC radio in Chicago, Doug had the first real estate radio program in Chicago. He is an avid scuba diver, instrument-rated private pilot, photographer, magician and father of three.
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