Comments on: Adoptions of children with Down syndrome are on the rise http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/10/down-syndrome-adoptions-4607/ Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:39:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Pamela Wilson http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/11/10/down-syndrome-adoptions-4607/comment-page-1/#comment-5405 Pamela Wilson Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:04:41 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/?p=4607#comment-5405 Maddy Curtis, whose family was featured in this article on Down syndrome and adoption in 2008, is a contestant on American Idol this season (9) and earned a golden ticket to LA when she auditioned in Boston. Two of her brothers with Down syndrome were waiting to congratulate her after the audition. I missed the introduction but was impressed by her talent enough to keep watching and was of course delighted to see her brothers. There may be a video of her audition at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XwbmGDgH60 Maddy Curtis, whose family was featured in this article on Down syndrome and adoption in 2008, is a contestant on American Idol this season (9) and earned a golden ticket to LA when she auditioned in Boston. Two of her brothers with Down syndrome were waiting to congratulate her after the audition.

I missed the introduction but was impressed by her talent enough to keep watching and was of course delighted to see her brothers.

There may be a video of her audition at YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XwbmGDgH60

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