{"id":188798,"date":"2018-09-27T11:42:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T16:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=188798"},"modified":"2018-09-26T00:32:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T05:32:10","slug":"man-syndrome-makes-history-boston-childrens-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/man-syndrome-makes-history-boston-childrens-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee with Down syndrome makes history at Boston Children’s Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nathan Simons was originally a patient in the Down syndrome program at Boston Children’s Hospital, but now, he’s an employee, working as a patient liaison. The hospital celebrated his six year anniversary as an employee this week, where he originally started working just eight hours a week. But as his supervisors noted his enthusiastic work ethic and the positive effect he had on patients, his hours increased until he became the first full-time employee with Down syndrome<\/a> in the hospital’s history.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just love it! I love the people who come here and give good feedback,\u201d Simons said of his job. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing and my parents are like, \u2018Yes, Nathan you finally got a full time job! Thank you, Lord!\u2019\u201d And while Simons and his family are thrilled about his job, his supervisors seem to be even more excited. \u201cHe comes to work each day with enthusiasm and provides inspiration and optimism for families with Down syndrome and they look at Nate and see what is possible,\u201d said Dr. Nicole Baumer.<\/p>\n