Filmmaker Will Drinker has a reminder about the importance of this month and about a must-see project he’s working on with his brother:
October Is National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
by Will Drinker
Are you aware of Dan Drinker?
Dan is a 23 year old man with Down syndrome who is not only aware of the current presidential race, he’s participating. Dan endorsed Barack Obama (take that, Sarah Palin), he voted for him in the primary, he even saw the senator speak at Penn State.
I’d like to make you aware of my amazing older brother, who just happens to have Down Syndrome. We are making a documentary together about his life. See him the way I see him at http://dandrinker.com.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.