The story of an American mother and her son with Down syndrome determined to change the world of advertising is going viral.
Megan Nash, a young mother living in the US, sent an expressive photograph of her 15-month-old son, Asher with Down syndrome, to a local advertising agency in Georgia in the hope that they would recognize the facial expressions. Asher’s hidden beauty. However, the owner of the company said that these photos of Asher were nothing special. That’s when Nash knew she had to do something for her son.
Asher with Down syndrome really changed the advertising industry in America.
Nash and his son set out to change the world of advertising. “A lot of things need to change in the world of advertising. People need to realize that babies, children and people with disabilities all deserve to be in the world of advertising or modeling. How do they realize that value of children with disabilities when they haven’t even looked at the pictures,” Nash told The Huffington Post.
Nash started posting 3 cutest photos of his son on facebook to attract attention and desire to change the world’s view of children with disabilities and raise awareness about this issue. “I want people to know that advertising doesn’t just come and go, it leaves an impression.”
The photo of the boy has been shared more than 111,000 times and is still being circulated around the web, including the one about children with Down syndrome.
The largest children’s fashion brand in the United States has advertising contact with Asher.
Nash said that his son loves modeling for Oshkosh B’Gosh, the largest children’s clothing brand in the US.
According to Huffingtonpost, after many of Nash’s posts, an Oshkosh B’Gosh spokesperson confirmed that the company had contacted Nash and said they were looking forward to meeting her and the boy Asher. Nash has also accepted the invitation to meet next week and until then, the young mother has no intention of stopping the idea of ”changing the world of advertising”. “I want people to realize that all children with Down syndrome and other disabilities are wonderful people, and we wanted Oshkosh to bring this idea to life and change the perception of the world,” she said. “Many other companies have done it, is it just a matter of time?”
Many other fashion brands have also started advertising campaigns aimed at people with disabilities.
“People need to realize that babies, children and disabled people deserve to be in commercials just as much as a professional model,” Nash said.
Nash aspires that advertising should not merely ‘come and go’ but leave an impression.
According to Vu Nga (Translated from Boredpanda)
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