{"id":313606,"date":"2024-06-10T08:38:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=313606"},"modified":"2024-06-07T16:16:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T21:16:17","slug":"video-teen-down-syndrome-cries-birthday-invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/video-teen-down-syndrome-cries-birthday-invitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen with Down syndrome cries with joy over a birthday party invitation: ‘We all want to be wanted’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A video of a teenage girl with Down syndrome crying tears of joy over a birthday invitation has gone viral \u2014 but the reality it portrays is bittersweet at best.<\/p>\n

In the video, shared to the “Lucky Few” Instagram page, 15-year-old Macy can be seen crying as her mom celebrated with her over receiving an invitation to a birthday party. In the caption, Macy’s mom, Heather Avis, wrote more about the emotional moment.<\/p>\n

“Yesterday Macy got in the car and showed me an invitation to a birthday party for a friend at school who is also in the life skills program,” she said. “Y\u2019all! I\u2019m not exaggerating when I tell you we can count on one hand the amount of birthday parties she\u2019s been invited to by school peers\/friends SINCE KINDERGARTEN! She is now in 9th grade. Her joy from this invitation is palpable. WOW! To me it spoke of a longing fulfilled. All I could do was laugh with her and then cry as I celebrated with her.”<\/p>\n

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