Saturday was all about letting out your inner super hero for people who attended Saskatchewan Down Syndrome Society’s (SDSS) second annual Superhero For A Day fundraiser.
The Regina Costume League helped make the Superhero for a day event extra colourful. Children received autographs and photos with superheroes like Elsa, Iron man and many more.
Miranda Klinger, SDSS chair said everyone has superhero traits, and that trait was celebrated at the event.
“Doesn’t matter how many chromosomes you have, if you’re a boy, or you’re a girl, you have blonde hair, or you have brown hair, everybody has that super hero in them,” Klinger said.
“We wanted to be able to embrace that and focus on inclusion and focus on allowing kids to be who they are and that, that is okay.”
Grace is a young girl with down syndrome. She attended the event with her brother Wesley and older sister Georgia.
“I am spider man girl… Everyday,” Grace said.
Grace’s mother Christalee Allen told Global News that sometimes she forgets Grace even has down syndrome because she is no different than her siblings.
“She does the same things as everyone else, just a tiny bit different, but so do I, and so do you,” Allen said.
Children and adults with Down syndrome can enhance their quality of life, with resources from SSDS. The society said they are able to help families get in touch with speech therapists and tutors, among others.
“It’s okay to be different and its okay to embrace that superhero. Sometimes what can be looked at as different is actually what can make you the superhero,” Klinger said.
According to the AIM program (Ability in Me)m, a separate Down syndrome parent group run out of Saskatoon, 19 children are born with Down syndrome every year in Saskatchewan.
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