{"id":212983,"date":"2019-10-25T12:28:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T17:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=212983"},"modified":"2019-10-24T17:32:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T22:32:53","slug":"down-syndrome-career-disabilities-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/down-syndrome-career-disabilities-independent\/","title":{"rendered":"Man with Down syndrome inspires with long-running career: ‘People with disabilities can be independent’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Casey O\u2019Halloran has Down syndrome — but that didn’t stop him from following in his family’s footsteps. O’Halloran works for the Lee County Courthouse in southwest Florida, in keeping with his family’s tradition of working in the justice system. But along the way, he’s become an inspiration to the people he works with.<\/p>\n

O’Halloran has worked for the Lee County Courthouse for 18 years. \u201cWhat I do is I deliver files to the judges, and the judges make the decisions,\u201d he told WINK<\/a>. And he’s been successful in his job, with his duties expanding and growing over the years. \u201cWe\u2019ve expanded duties since when he first started,\u201d Sheila Jerome, the civil family division director said to WINK. \u201cHe does get to visit a lot of different people and experience a lot of different things, so he\u2019s pretty well known around the courthouse.\u201d<\/p>\n

He now works in numerous departments, but he says he doesn’t have one he likes the best. \u201cTo be honest with you, my favorite department is everything really,\u201d he said. O’Halloran also said his father, a career lawyer, is the one who taught him to pursue his goals. \u201cIt\u2019s in my blood really because instead of being an attorney, I get to work for the court,\u201d he explained. \u201cI’ve got four attorneys in my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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