{"id":167636,"date":"2017-06-16T11:47:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T15:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=167636"},"modified":"2017-06-15T12:20:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T16:20:48","slug":"sister-sings-were-blessed-to-have-you-in-original-song-about-brother-down-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/sister-sings-were-blessed-to-have-you-in-original-song-about-brother-down-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Sister sings &#8216;we&#8217;re blessed to have you&#8217; in original song about brother with Down syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>A young Irish woman from Carlingford, New South Wales, has <a href=\"http:\/\/talkofthetown.ie\/carlingford-womans-song-for-brother-with-down-syndrome-goes-viral\/\">written an original song<\/a> about her brother, who has Down syndrome, and the video has gone viral.<\/p>\n<p>Leah Kirwan became known in 2015 after she filmed a video of herself and her little brother Noah singing a rendition of Sia&#8217;s &#8220;Titanium.&#8221; But her new song is about the blessing that her brother has been to her family:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLeahKirwanMusic%2Fvideos%2F1568420116511159%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>An excerpt of Leah&#8217;s lyrics read:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You are in the hearts of everyone<br \/>\nYour smile is brighter than the sun<\/p>\n<p>You make all the bad days seem great<\/p>\n<p>Accept all love and ignore all hate<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re blessed to have you here today<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re amazing in every single way<\/p>\n<p>Live your life the way you choose<br \/>\nAnd just know we&#8217;re all so proud of you<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the full lyrics for Leah&#8217;s song <a href=\"http:\/\/talkofthetown.ie\/carlingford-womans-song-for-brother-with-down-syndrome-goes-viral\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Charlotte Lozier Institute, &#8220;it is estimated that abortion following a prenatal diagnosis of DS results in a 30% reduction in overall DS births.&#8221; Lozier also notes that &#8220;a 2012 publication in <em>Prenatal Diagnosis<\/em>, their research calculated a weighted mean across the U.S. of a 67% termination rate following prenatal diagnosis&#8221; of Down syndrome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young Irish woman from Carlingford, New South Wales, has written an original song about her brother, who has Down syndrome, and the video has gone viral. 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