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Chairs are banging around, people are rushing within the room trying to find the keys to the closet, dinging plays from the handbells as they accidentally hit one another, all while people boast about their weekend adventures. Smiles appear at the top of the stairs as people arrive. Every Tuesday in the small basement of the local church, people get together to form the Angel Handbell Choir. The difference between this choir and the usual handbell choir is that the members all have some sort of mental disability. In this group there are about twenty people, a couple of them being Becky, Darlene, Ryan, Chris, and Thomas. Each of these people having some sort of disability, but that isn’t what makes them unique. This choir was formed not only …show more content…

I’m here!”, being the celebrity of the group everyone soon swarms over to him. He then proceeds to telling his weekly story of everything he has accomplished. Suffering from Edwards Syndrome, he has been looked at differently from the other citizens of Mercersburg being called stupid or retarded. Edwards Syndrome is also known as Trisomy 18, and is created during cell division within meiotic disjunction (What is Trisomy 18). The handbell community calls him a miracle because it is very rare for an individual with Edwards Syndrome to live past their first birthday. Scientifically speaking, before the child’s birth they create three +18 chromosomes instead of the usual two (What is Trisomy 18). Ryan is diagnosed with one of the types of trisomy, full trisomy, which is the most common. The other two types of trisomy being partial trisomy 18 and mosaic trisomy 18 (What is Trisomy 18). Ryan ever since he was a child was put down from his peers about not being able to do anything without help, until one day he accomplished tying his shoe in which his saying, “I did it myself!” came from. Now every note played by him gets followed by his popular saying. Most people when they see Ryan ask their parents what they did wrong, but the problem with Edwards Syndrome is it is not hereditary. Ryan doesn’t let his disability hold back his talent, and also doesn’t scare him with trying something

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