My unique friend Jane

So today while we were having some frozen yougort at metro town this unique girl sits in the table next to us and after thinking about it I saw that she had Down syndrome and I started talking to her. I asked her what Down syndrome really was ? how it affects her ? what were some of the emotional challenges of living with Down syndrome ? And what it felt like to be her ? And this is what Jane said : well Down syndrome is basically when a person has an extra chromosome instead of having 46 I have 47. And  it causes intellectual disability that makes it hard for me to learn things. It affects me in many ways but I try to focus on the positive things but it affects me in ways like my physical appearance I am shorter than most kids in my school and I look a bit different than them I have upward slanted eyes and I speak a bit different than them. I also have to accept the fact that I won't be able to drive I don't like it but I have to accept it.but other than that I am like them in many ways. It just takes me a bit longer to learn things. I am a regular teenage girl . I do regular teenage girl things I like to read , listen to music, horseback ride and swim.  Sure at times it's hard but I always tell myself that having this extra chromosome is what makes me "me". So I try to focus on the possitive things!!  Well some of the emotional challenges of having Down syndrome are having to make people accept you , sometimes people don't like me because I'm a bit different and that really hurts at times that's why I try to express all my emotions by doing things like writing poetry and singing but it's really sad that people always stare and laugh at me just because I look a bit different than them. We'll like I said before I have my challenges but I am just like a regular person I just learn things at a different rate to be me is to be a hard working and thankful person. I have to overcome a lot to be were I am today but working hard is worth it.