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My Everyday

"And when I'm at home then I decide for myself when I watch TV or when I sit at the PC, and when I go to bed. I've made my times, now lets see, 6:50pm is always when it's time to put on pyjamas, and at 9pm it's time to brew the bedtime tea and at 10pm on weekdays I always go to bed. All of that I decided myself, because I want it like that, and that is a regular timetable."

Katja Sothmann, Ohrenkuss Editorial Team, handwritten

Work

What work do people with Down syndrome do?
Can they become a nurse?
Actor?
Swimming pool life guard?
Writer?

Every day I look out of the window.
It is variously unimportant.

Julia Bertmann

Happiness

What makes people with Down syndrome happy?
Chips?
Cheesecake?
Sleeping-in?
Love?

Team-Work

"Team-work is, you work hand in hand together - and not, with one thumb sticking out."
And how can that work?

Writing

Not so long ago, scientists thought people with Down syndrome couldn’t read or write.

I have a good life.
That is special in life so good, that is a good feeling.
In the belly.
I want to have my life, that feels so good.

Martin Weser

Adulthood

When are you an adult?
What defines being an adult?
And what defines being an adult for someone with Down syndrome?

Friendship

With friends you can do many things.
For example: ice-cream and pizza and go drinking at the pub, go for a stroll, go to a disco, library going ice skating, swimming, going to the movies, shopping.

I think many things.
But not every thing.

Angela Fritzen

Humour

What do people with Down syndrome laugh about?
What do they find funny?
Do they have a different sense of humour than people without Down syndrome?

Old age

When is a person old? When they are 65? When they are 32? On this the TOUCHDOWN 21 team can not agree. In this article you will find a number of different opinions on the matter.

Thinking

Sometimes thinking can be difficult for people with Down syndrome.
Why is that?
Explanations by Veronika Hammel.

Self-determination

To decide for yourself means to me very, very important.

– Verena Elisabeth Turin

Kindergarten

Ida is 5 years old and has Down syndrome. She goes to "Schulberg" Kindergarten. Behrang Samsami visited her there and wrote about it.

My brain is like a cinema.

Julia Baggemann

Today I don't feel like doing anything. No one can tell me that I can't do that. I say that because I can. High-performance-chilling.

Julian Göpel

Luckily each day comes only once in life.
For example today.

Johanna von Schönfeld

Courage, I wanted to say dare. In good times or in bad times. When I have courage, I do good things. I don't have to overcome anything. I have a good time: I am courageous.

Daniel Rauers

Love

How is it with Love?
"Love is easy thing to write
but saying often embarrassing.
I love you,
I love you much more."

Communication

What is communication?
To talk to each other.
To listen to one another.
To look at one another.
People with Down syndrome write about this too.

Politics

For people with Down syndrome it is the same as for people without.
Some are interested in politics.
Others are not.

You can think day and night.
When you think during the day, that is normal thinking in everyday life.
When you think at night, that’s called dreaming.

Teresa Knopp

Travel

Many people love to travel.
Also with Down syndrome.
If they prefer to travel to Mongolia or in the Eifel, will be revealed here.

Living

Many people ask themselves:
How do People with Down syndrome live?
Do they live with their families?
Can they live alone?
Do they need support to do so?

I am a part of society.
Even if I see the world differently to non-disabled people.

Julia Bertmann

Mobile Phone

Do people with Down syndrome use mobile phones?
And if so, what for?
Do they use them to listen to music?
Do they need assistance to do this?
Do they send text messages?

My Everyday

Every day I look out of the window. It is variously unimportant.

I have a good life. That is special in life so good, that is a good feeling. In the belly. I want to have my life, that feels so good.

I think many things. But not every thing.