Famous People with Down’s syndrome

Paula Sage Paula Sage is a netball player and actor – she won a BAFTA Scotland award for acting. She’s also an ambassador for people with Down’s syndrome. She told The Guardian newspaper, “I’m doing it because it might help people who have what I’ve got realise what they can do.” George Webster In 2021, George Webster became the first person with Down’s syndrome to be a BBC children’s presenter. He believes more opportunities should be offered. “If we can get children to think of disabilities in a different way, then we’re changing the world already,” he says. Sujeet Desai US musician Sujeet Desai can play seven instruments. He was the first person with Down’s syndrome to perform at the famous Carnegie Hall in New York, US. “Each impossible mission…

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