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My son is fifteen years old. He was born with Down Syndrome. In the last fifteen years I have lost 1 many times. However, right now I want to just stick to the topic of 2 .
When Joshua was born, the doctors 3 us not to “waste our time, energy or money”. They said that our son would never 4 anything like other children. 5 for us and for our son we were not about to accept that words.
When Joshua was four and a half years old, his younger sister, C.J., was three and 6 the same preschool in a younger class. The school 7 an art contest (竞赛) and all the children presented pictures. The pictures were 8 on the wall and the president of the church, who was not personally familiar with the children, was the 9 .
On the day of the contest I saw C.J.s picture 10 it was being hung, but Joshuas class pictures were not yet up and I didnt think twice about 11 his picture before leaving the building. You see, I had no expectation that Joshua would win; it was 12 for me to know that he was able to 13 a picture and have it displayed with those of the other children.
