Kathy Parrott
West Jessamine High School Special Education Teacher
kathy.parrott@jessamine.kyschools.us
Welcome to spring 2022
Please check out these exceptional young people, who happened to have a "disability", do some remarkable things.
WHERE HOPE GROWS
Click here for the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN7TlwduYsM
"FLAME" the band, this band is made up completely of people with intellectual disabilities, check them out!-----http://www.flametheband.com/
This young man with Down Syndrome has become an MMA fighter---http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9091876&categoryid=2378529
Free Players--Marching band made up completely of people with disabilities!------https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDqdj_rxc00
https://www.youtube.com/user/freeplayersdrumline
Girls become ballerinas----- http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/05/disabled-girls-become-ballerinas-at-maryland-ballet-76042.html
Teen with Down Syndrome climbs Mt. Everest---- http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/oregon-teen-becomes-first-person-with-downs-syndrome-to-reac
Christian has Down Syndrome yet is designing beautiful pottery sold world-wide!
Read about his story here and maybe order some of his beautiful pottery.
http://www.christianroyalpottery.com/pages/about
Sujeet Desai!!!!
A musician, Sujeet graduated from high school with a 4.3 grade average and went on to graduate from the Berkshire Hills Music Academy. He plays seven instruments including the violin, piano, trumpet and saxophone. He has received numerous awards and was even featured in the Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine as well as on 20/20 and the Oprah Winfrey
Show. In 2006 he married Carolyn Bergeron who also has Down syndrome.
Listen to him play here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjhJTrwGYx4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqxT5BDmqS8