More Alike Than Different

The National Down Syndrome Congress has an awareness campaign called More Alike Than Different.

The campaign aims to bring awareness that individuals with Down syndrome have a lot of similarities with their peers in terms of their abilities, hopes, dreams, relationships ... and life in general.

The message of being 'more alike than different' is given by self-advocates (watch the video). As part of the PSA for this campaign the NDSC created posters of individuals with Down syndrome and asking questions like, "Who's A Better Teammate, You or Me?" and "Who's A Better Baseball Fan, You or Me?" Under the tag line is a "did you know..." informational message about individuals with Down syndrome, .

You can now make your own More Alike Awareness Poster by sending a photo and your own version of the "Who's A Better..." tag line and they will create an 11x17 poster image to send back to you.

Here is what I sent in for Kayla. I love how it turned out!

The small print says, "Did you know kids with Down syndrome learn to walk, run, and jump too? I started jumping when I was 3 years old and haven't stopped yet!"


You can view more images in the More Alike Poster Gallery (Kayla is #74, if you click on it you can see it enlarged).