The Futility of Awareness
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4 min readOct 12, 2020
a·ware·ness
/əˈwernəs/ — noun
knowledge or perception of a situation or fact
Thirteen years ago, I learned October was Down Syndrome Awareness Month.
Inevitably, most in the DS community feel an obligation during this month to promote awareness. We fill our social media feeds with the faces of our beautiful children, articles about the impact…