Heather Avis Heather Avis

The Nathan Series 4/4: Joanne/Sister

"When I was around five-years-old my family decided to travel to New York for a small vacation. I remember a couple days before we left, my parents took my brother and I to visit Time Square and I just remember it being really crowded but there was an especially large crowd waiting in front of a jumbo screen and we joined them. I had no clue what we were doing but we waited for what seemed like a really long time. Eventually, pictures started showing up on this big screen. A couple minutes after these pictures started showing up, I realized they were pictures of individuals with Down syndrome. I saw kids, young adults, and towards the end, I saw my own brother.

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