I Am a Man with Down Syndrome and My Life is Worth Living (Video)

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=225&v=1d8ocuPrlT8

J. Frank Stephens Speech at the UN | March 18, 2018 | 9:32 mins
See me as a human being, not a birth defect, not a syndrome. I don’t need to be eradicated. I don’t need to be cured. I need to be loved, valued, educated and, sometimes, helped. A life with Down syndrome can be as full and exciting as any other. Let us decide from this day forward to include, not exclude: educate, not isolate; and, celebrate, not terminate.