Zarqa family launches initiative celebrating children with Down syndrome

Zarqa family launches initiative celebrating children with Down syndrome

AMMAN — A lack of inclusive learning programmes, the high costs of speech therapy and a lack of respect from society led one family with a child with Down syndrome to launch an initiative ensuring that the disorder is better understood in the Kingdom.

Samah, a mother of a two-year-old child diagnosed with Down syndrome, told The Jordan Times that “it was very hard at the beginning, but I refused to give in to the idea that my child is incapable”.

Samah added that her journey was packed with unknown challenges, as well as “a negative societal perspective, financial pressure and negative people”.