| Please join the Down Syndrome Resarch Foundation, the Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society and the Mental Health Disabilties Service of the Fraser Health Authority on World Down Syndrome Day for a presentation of the film, Norm, an award winning documentary about love, family and survival.
Norm is a universal story and it speaks to all of us. Filmed with extraordinary access over a for year period, Norm offers a powerful reminder of the depth of sibling love and the challenges faced by many families living with the often harsh realities of aging.
A loving sister decides to take her older brother with Down syndrome into her home, to provide the care and the sense of family she feels he has been denied since childhood. Like many adults living with Down syndrome, he begins to experience the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Her greatest fears have become a reality, what if she can't keep him at home forever?
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