i have a voice

This is an up coming Traveling Gallery, promoting Down syndrome awareness. Portrait photography by renown photographer Thomas Balsamo. A coffee table book is soon to follow designed by legendary Advertising Agency Bagby & Company. This film promotes awareness and the organization that brought this project to life, GiGi’s Playhouse, a National Down Syndrome Awareness, non-for-profit organization. For more information, go to www.gigisplayhouse.org. All photographic images on this film are Copyright(c)2008 by Thomas Balsamo. This film Copyright(c)2008 by Mark Phillip Raff

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25 Responses to “i have a voice”

  1. Aww they r all …
    Aww they r all beautiful

  2. ThursdayWebshow on November 16th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    I love this video. …
    I love this video. My little sis Tarenne has Down Syndrome too. They are great! :-)

  3. Beautiful!!!… …
    Beautiful!!!…Didnt really pay much attention to D.S until i had one of my own (precous)…i thank god for her…wouldnt have it any other way or wouldnt wonna change her because it wouldnt be the same Mone’tt we know and love so much!!!, they are soooo beautiful!!!…love them all

  4. This video really …
    This video really touched me thankz for sharing…
    Gods true angles…

  5. A touching video, I …
    A touching video, I don’t think there was any need to mention a god though. There are many different levels of mental disability involved with Downs, here you are making them all seem like regular people and fail to acknowledge that their condition varies. You have to take the rough with the smooth. Life is not as glossy as the video implies.

  6. Awesome, Awesome …
    Awesome, Awesome and Awesome!

  7. The other day at …
    The other day at our local McDonald’s I saw they have employeed a boy with Downs. He was helping with the cleaning and stacking trays. So adorable.

  8. I do not have Downs …
    I do not have Downs Syndrome, But one of my oldest friends does, we have been friends for 16 years and she is truely a beautiful soul!!
    Shes one of my longest friends, because when everyone else left shcool and dint bother to keep in contact she is one of very few people who did, and i love her to bits!! Shes a very beautiful person, with a soft heart!! and im grateful she was placed in my life :) Thanks for posting :)

  9. This trailer is …
    This trailer is awesome. Wonderfully mastered trailer! Beautiful!! As a parent of a wonderful DS child I am exited and proud to see this georgeous trailer.
    Thanks, Thanks, and to all keep promoting Down Syndrome awareness…!

  10. 56 Seconds— That …
    56 Seconds— That Baby ActuallyLooks Quite Cute xx

  11. why do they all …
    why do they all have the same eyes?

  12. blablebliblobluz on November 16th, 2009 at 6:57 pm


    Only he knows …


    Only he knows how to face the future hopefully
    Surrounded by despair
    He won’t ask for your pity or your sympathy
    But surely you should care
    Scorn not his simplicity
    But rather try to love him all the more
    Scorn not his simplicity
    Oh no
    (Phil Coulter)

  13. this almost made me …
    this almost made me cry awesome job

  14. this makes me smile …
    this makes me smile. children with DS are not a bruden, but a blessing. they deserve to be treated with love and respect.

  15. Beautifully made! :)
    Beautifully made! :)

  16. i sorta feel like …
    i sorta feel like most people treat the mentally handicapped the wrong way. they dont need to be babied, they need companions. if anyone has seen “up syndrome” its exactly the way i think the mentally handicapped shout be treated. loved, listened to, treated like they have nothing wrong them. it seems as though people with downs syndrome enjoy being treated as a normal person the most, not like a baby. i may be misunderstood, watch the video up syndrome to kno what kind of relationship i mean.

  17. i am soon to be mom …
    i am soon to be mom of a child with down syndrome.thank you for this video.

  18. awesome
    awesome

  19. I’m crying
    I’m crying

  20. I have a tender …
    I have a tender spot in my heart for people with Down’s Syndrome. They are indeed special people. Lovely tribute!

  21. I agree, if …
    I agree, if everyone had hearts like these kids, there would be more love in the world, and less hate.

  22. that is so true!
    <3

    that is so true!
    <3

  23. destroyallnerds on November 16th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    These people were …
    These people were BORN with down syndrome. It’s like being born with your colour of skin, or hair, except Down’s Syndrome is a little more rare. People pick on other’s with Down’s Syndrome to make themselves feel better, it’s exactly the same as racism.

  24. Strawberryluver14 on November 16th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    i cried so hard …
    i cried so hard during this! i have a brother with downsyndrome and he’s 16.

  25. so so precious!
    so so precious!

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