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Why do people wear ribbons during the'down syndrome awareness month?
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Default Why do people wear ribbons during the'down syndrome awareness month? - 12-19-2008, 02:02 PM

I have no idea why people wear a ribbon during the'down syndrome awareness month. I am doing a project on down syndrome, and I would love to include why they wear it, but none of the web sites that i have looked at have why they do... Can you help me? Thanks!
   
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Default 12-24-2008, 03:17 PM

The same reason anyone wears a ribbon for anything - in order to show their support for something and also to serve as a way of opening a conversation with other people about it.
   
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Default 12-29-2008, 08:45 AM

It is all about raising awareness in order to educate more people about Down Syndrome rather than what a lot of people did back 40-50 years ago which was hide it away and ignore it.We r proud families or friends of people with down syndrome who want to share the realities about it with everyone.
   
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Default 01-09-2009, 02:58 AM

If you can get one person to not be ignorant then y not why do people we arpppys foarmistices day ? Aids day or cancer ? Its going to be the same answer torememberr all those who arelivingg with it ?
   
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