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Madrid, Spain, Mar 21, 2017 \/ 03:19 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- A recent video ad released by the Down Federation seeks to increase awareness of persons with Down syndrome.<\/p>\n

Through a series of videos and photographs, the campaign seeks to challenge the prejudices faced by persons affected by disability, noting that \u201cwith appropriate supports, they can carry out any goal that is proposed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The campaign was launched in advance of World Down Syndrome Day, which is celebrated all over the world on March 21, and aims to \u201cincrease social awareness regarding people with this intellectual disability.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the video, four famous Spanish actors \u2013 Jordi Rebell\u00f3n, Vanesa Romero, Eva Isanta and Jes\u00fas Olmedo \u2013 sit with their eyes closed in front of people with Down syndrome. Little by little, they open their eyes, and break away from the \u201cprejudices, stereotypes, doubts, misgivings and appearances\u201d that the video says \u201ccreate an invisible blindfold that prevents one from seeing reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Down Federation of Spain video closes by inviting Spaniards to \u201copen your eyes and look at the person in front of you,\u201d as a concrete way to \u201cchange the view of Down Syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video is part of a larger campaign the organization is launching under the theme: \u201cChange your view on Down syndrome.\u201d The group has also hosted a performance by dancers with Down syndrome as well as a chance for the public to read both discriminatory messages and positive messages received by individuals with Down syndrome.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to encourage real change\u201d in the way society views people with Trisomy 21, the genetic disorder that causes Down syndrome, the organization said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Agust\u00edn Mat\u00eda, manager of the Down Federation of Spain, told the Spanish newspaper La Raz\u00f3n that \u201cthe number of people with this syndrome has remained stable in recent years, between 34,000 and 35,000, but the trend is that this number will decrease, although their lifespans are increasing. There are already people in their 70s and 80s, but births are falling.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to previous interviews in 2015 by Mat\u00eda, Spain has one of the smallest populations of persons with intellectual disabilities in the world, and the lowest rate of Down syndrome diagnoses to births on the planet. In the past, Mat\u00eda has blamed the abortion of those prenatally diagnosed with Trisomy 21 \u2013 along with societal biases \u2013 for these incredibly low rates.<\/p>\n

\u201cDisability is not assumed. Many people believe, when they see on the street some of these children, that they are unhappy, and it is the opposite. They are very wrong,\u201d Mattia said in a statement on the group\u2019s most recent project.<\/p>\n

He also pointed to the need for support from the medical community when a couple is informed that they may have a child with the condition. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Mat\u00eda also argued that children with Down syndrome \u201cshould be integrated into normal schools with the supports they need.\u201d This is something that rarely happens Spanish schools.<\/p>\n

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