'It's meeee!' she squealed excitedly as we drove round the roundabout.
We manoeuvred round one more time so that she could get a closer look at the huge banner outside our local supermarket urging us to get organised for the new school term. This time we all squealed. 'It's yoooou!'
A third lap. Just for luck. Just to be sure our eyes could be believed, smiles stretched across every face in the car.
I fell silent as I fought back a tear or two, my heart swollen with pride as I allowed the true significance of what I had just seen to sink in. This was so much more than a Mum seeing her child's face on banners outside every Sainsbury's in the land. For Natty has Down's syndrome and this is the first time that a child with any kind of disability, physical or intellectual has featured in a major Back to School advertising campaign. For me the posters might as well have shouted:• All children have a right to quality education and the skills to enable them to lead full independent lives.
• All children have their own unique personalities and our classrooms benefit from that eclectic mix.
• All children, regardless of their abilities or disabilities, love a shiny new school uniform!
