Down Syndrome So What!

We have to fight for Down's syndrome. People see people with Down's syndrome as abnormal. Those who make fun of me I ignore. Period. That's how I feel as a Down's sufferer. You have to say to yourself: 'I've got more chromosomes than them.' When Éléonore was born the doctors considered her a chromosomal aberration and urged her parents not to get attached to her. With Down's syndrome and a heart defect they gave her little chance of survival. Twenty-eight years later Éléonore is more alive than ever. Now an independent adult she recounts her years of struggle with her parents to remain in a mainstream environment and her refusal to be reduced to her illness. With humor she shares her daily life between her two-room apartment her job her tumultuous love affairs and her passion for pop rock. Éléonore is determined to change people's perception of Down's Syndrome.