這個小女孩告訴世界,唐氏綜合徵沒那麼可怕

Little Girl Tells the World That Down Syndrome Isn't Scary

這個小女孩告訴世界，唐氏綜合徵沒那麼可怕

8-year-old Sofia Sanchez is showing the world that Down syndrome isn't something to be afraid of.

8歲的Sofia Sanchez正身體力行告訴世界，唐氏綜合徵並沒有那麼可怕。

In a video that has more than 15,000 views on Instagram, Sofia's mom, Jennifer Sanchez, asks the little girl "Little miss, do you have Down syndrome?"

Ins上有個視頻目前已經被觀看1.5萬多次。視頻上，Sofia的媽媽Jennifer Sanchez問Sofia，“小姑娘，你有唐氏綜合徵嗎？”

"Yes I do have Down syndrome," Sofia replies. "It's something that's in my blood — it goes down."

“是的，我有唐氏綜合徵，”Sofia回答。“我生來就有，對此無能爲力。”

"Is Down syndrome scary?" Jennifer asks.

“唐氏綜合徵可怕嗎？”Jennifer 繼續問。

"No, it's not scary, it's so exciting," Sofia responds.

“不，並沒有什麼可怕，這很有趣，”Sofia回答說。

Jennifer said she came up with the idea for the video when she was sitting in Sofia's room and wanted to do something different to spread awareness for Down Syndrome Awareness Month.

Jennifer說她坐在Sofia房間時，有了製作這個視頻的想法。她想在唐氏綜合徵紀念月來臨之際，用特殊的方式來引起人們對此病的關注。

Jennifer sat down with Sofia and asked her the questions, and the rest is history.

Jennifer坐下來和Sofia交流，問她一些問題，接下來的就是大家在視頻上看到的了。

"I had no idea that she would have the most hilarious and perfect response. It was matter of fact. You can't have a bad day when you watch that video. She's advocating for herself and people with disabilities," Jennifer told . "She's a perfect little ambassador."

“我沒想到她會有那樣滑稽又完美的回答。事實確實是這樣，看了那個視頻的人都會快樂一整天。她在爲自己和同樣患有殘疾的人羣宣傳打氣，”Jennifer告訴網站。“她是個完美的小使者。”

Jennifer has three biological sons, one of whom also has Down syndrome, and adopted Sofia from UkRaine when she was just 16 months old.

Jennifer有3個親生兒子，其中一個也患有唐氏綜合徵。她當年從烏克蘭領養了16個月大的Sofia。

The decision wasn't something the family had planned.

其實，他們並沒有領養患兒的打算。

They decided to donate to Reece's Rainbow, an adoption ministry that helps raise money and connects abandoned children with families, and ending up falling in love with Sofia through a photo on the organization's website.

當時，他們本打算捐款給“里斯的彩虹”——一個爲孤兒籌款和尋找親人的領養機構。但碰巧在該組織上看到了Sofia的照片，立刻喜歡上了這個小姑娘。

That Christmas, Jennifer received an ornament with Sofia's picture on it and she couldn't get the little girl out of her mind. They took the leap of faith to adopt her.

那個聖誕節，Jennifer收到了一個放有Sofia照片的裝飾品，就再也忘不了她了。於是，他們打算領養Sofia。

"I thought, why are we donating and not taking action," Jennifer said. "So we did. We fundraised more than $28,000 to help with expenses. We made it to the Ukraine and finally brought her home in June of 2010."

“我考慮，爲什麼我們除了捐錢無其他作爲呢，”Jennifer說。“於是我們就付諸行動。我們爲該組織籌到了2.8萬多美元，終於在2010年的6月把Sofia成功領養回家。”

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