About this Episode: Down Syndrome Inclusion
In today’s episode you’re going to hear about a 31 year old guy with Down Syndrome and his mother. You’re going to hear how Teddy is such a great host at dinner parties and you’re going to hear some wisdom from his mother who has been on this journey for some time and really conveys a lot of peace and joy. I really enjoyed this conversation with Teddy and J’Net. J’Net is a great advocate for Down Syndrome inclusion.
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[Intro]
In today’s episode you’re going to hear about a 31 year old guy with Down Syndrome and his mother. You’re going to hear how Teddy is such a great host at dinner parties and you’re going to hear some wisdom from his mother who has been on this journey for some time and really conveys a lot of peace and joy. I really enjoyed this conversation with Teddy and J’Net. J’Net is a great advocate for Down Syndrome inclusion.
[Beginning]
Rachel: Can you just tell me your name?
Teddy: Teddy McMahon
R: Ok great. What do you like to do in your free time?
T: Facebook
R: Do you do facebook calls or do you just look at everybody’s pictures?
T: Pictures
J’Net: He does write to them.
T: I write the birthdays.
R: So you write to everybody on their birthday.
T: Yeah.
R: Nice. What else do you do in your free time?
J: What were you just doing now? What were you listening to?
T: Music.
R: And I know you like to play the guitar.
T: Guitar.
R: How long have you been playing the guitar?
T: 5 years.
R: Wow, that’s a long time.
J: How about taekwondo?
T: Tae kwon do. Black belt.
R: Wow, that’s impressive.
J: And you’re a dancer.
T: I dancer.
R: Wow, you’re a multi-talented person! I didn’t know you do so many different things.
T: Hm.
J: What did you do last night? Did you play games?
T: I played games. Skip-bo.
J: And you won.
T: I won.
J: We host a lot of dinner parties. And Teddy’s right there serving and helping and playing the games. He’s very popular–very social.
R: Do you have a job, Teddy?
T: At school.
R: What’s your job?
T: I wash the basement.
R: What kind of washing do you do?
J: What do you do? He’s kinda shy. What do you do at your volunteer job?
T: Volunteer.
J: What do you do there?
T: Hangers.
J: You put things on hangers.
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Music: “Vivacity” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License – http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/