Russ Ewell

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Fiction versus fact, Down Syndrome

Fiction: Down syndrome is a rare genetic disorder.

Fact: Down syndrome is the most commonly occurring genetic condition.

Fiction: All people with Down syndrome have a severe cognitive disability.

Fact: Most people with Down syndrome have a mild to moderate cognitive disability, or intellectual disability.

Fiction: Most children with Down syndrome are born to older parents.

Fact: Eighty percent of children born with Down syndrome are born to women younger than age 35.

Fiction: People with Down syndrome are always happy.

Fact: People with Down syndrome experience a full range of emotions just like anyone else. 

FTL Moda shines a light on those with disabilities during New York Fashion Week

Partnering with an organization called Global Disability Inclusion, FTL Moda casted models such as congenital amputee Rebekah Marine and Madeline Stuart, a teen with Down Syndrome to walk the runway in their NYFW show. The show is easily one of the most uplifting on New York Fashion Week’s busy schedule, for the undeniably positive vibes it sends. One model even got the feature of a lifetime on a Times Square billboard.