Down to Defend: Mom creates nonprofit to help those with intellectual disabilities defend themselves

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'You usually think I'm pregnant, and I'm going to have baby. They're going to go college, they're gonna buy their own house, get married, and then you get the diagnosis, and it just stops,' shared the Founder of DownToDefend Alicia Mathieu

"You usually think I'm pregnant, and I'm going to have baby. They're going to go college, they're gonna buy their own house, get married, and then you get the diagnosis, and it just stops."

The young mom was determined to keep loving her baby, while learning everything she could about the condition. "People with intellectual disabilities are sexually assaulted at a rate seven times higher than those without disabilities. And so, that was the one thing that kind of stuck out and had my stomach in knots. And I knew that something had to be done," she said."It has made me feel so much more self-confident and I feel more positive about myself, that I could take care of myself," said Shannon Winnie, who attends the classes.

"We just welcome them to the family that they didn't know they had," said Mathieu."It's just really a huge family."

 

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