Powerful Ad Challenges Assumptions About People With Down Syndrome

The pillar of this campaign is an ad starring Canadian actress Madison Tevlin.

Your assumption becomes reality, Tevlin says, before exemplifying how.

If your assumptions become reality, then assume I can drink a margarita.

So you serve me a margarita, so I drink a margarita.

Assume that I can, so maybe I will, the spot concludes.

The clips show people with Down syndrome performing a myriad of activities, fromsurfingto running their ownbusinesses.

Tevlin herself knows how these assumptions can hurt, having dealt with them her whole life.

I always say that I have Down syndrome, and its the least interesting thing about me.

The part of who I am, well its not all of me.

We should all celebrate our differences in our own special and unique ways.