21-Year-Old With Down Syndrome Lands Job at UPS After Graduating From Clemson University
A young man with Down syndrome who has been defying the odds his entire life has made headlines by landing a job with UPS.
The 21-year-old Jake Pratt from Vestavia Hills, Alabama, was just hired as a package runner for the delivery giant. Even more surprising, Jake works at a golf course every morning from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. before his UPS shift.
His sister, Amy, wrote a lovely thank you note on Twitter to UPS on Dec. 1, which garnered a lot of attention.
“Thank you @UPS for giving my brother a chance and promoting inclusion in the workforce. Jake has Down syndrome but that doesn’t stop him,” she wrote. “I’m so proud of him!”
Man with Down syndrome lands job with UPS but it’s so much more than that
UPS recognized for promoting inclusion in the workforce
Michelle Ganley, Digital Content Team Managing Editor, Graham Media Group
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A man with Down syndrome recently landed a job with UPS news that’s gone a bit viral after his sister tweeted about it earlier this month.
Nativity came out in 2009, and ever since I’ve never been able to watch it without being lowkey bitter about all the kids who were in it. Yes, even now as a 22-year-old I am
still jealous of the children who got to be cast in Nativity, aka the best film ever made.
Now, the cast of the Nativity are no longer children (of course, that’s how time works). Some are at uni, some have proper grown-up jobs, and some even went on Britain’s Got Talent. For some reason though, literally all of them are on TikTok.
Here’s what the kids cast in the Nativity film are up to now:
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