{"id":316838,"date":"2024-08-09T06:50:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=316838"},"modified":"2024-08-08T15:30:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T20:30:25","slug":"nine-year-old-model-down-syndrome-spreading-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/nine-year-old-model-down-syndrome-spreading-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine-year-old model with Down syndrome is ‘spreading joy wherever she goes’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A talented nine-year-old British model named Alice Price-John is starring in a UK supermarket\u2019s national ad campaign, as reported by <\/span>The Mirror<\/span><\/a>. Alice Price-John has Down syndrome, but her condition is not stopping her from \u201cspreading joy wherever she goes,\u201d according to her mother, Vicky Price-John.<\/span><\/p>\n

Price-John hopes that the perception of Down syndrome is changing in the medical field and in society. When Alice was born, Price-John and her husband were only presented with the negative aspects of Down syndrome and the possible defects their daughter could suffer from.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Alice was born with Down Syndrome the actual medical professionals didn\u2019t have\u2026 a modern understanding of living with Down syndrome\u2026 all we were told were the medical issues that she might have. And we were given a few\u2026 photocopied leaflets.\u201d <\/span>Doctors couldn\u2019t have prepared the couple for the gift of Alice and her vibrant life. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the ad campaign, Alice is pictured running with a broad smile on her face, wearing a classic school uniform, at the center of Tesco\u2019s school uniform promotion. <\/span>The Tesco ad<\/span> starring Alice has since appeared in multiple national UK publications, including the Daily Mirror.<\/span><\/p>\n

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