{"id":19035,"date":"2016-03-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/dad-s-tearful-video-about-his-son-with-down-syndrome-is-going-viral\/"},"modified":"2016-03-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T00:00:00","slug":"dad-s-tearful-video-about-his-son-with-down-syndrome-is-going-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/dad-s-tearful-video-about-his-son-with-down-syndrome-is-going-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad\u2019s tearful video about his son with Down syndrome is going viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A video filmed by the son of a boy with Down syndrome after the man overheard a hurtful comment is going viral and tugging on heartstrings around the world.<\/h3>\n<p>US father Rob Scott felt guilty after he overheard a comment about Down syndrome and didn\u2019t say anything.<\/p>\n<p>He felt like he\u2019d let his son Turner down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I need to karmically reset what just happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3>WATCH HERE:<\/h3>\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Upworthy\/videos\/1211523835555139\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Upworthy\/videos\/1211523835555139\/\"><\/a><p>One father&#039;s confession on being a parent of a child with Down syndrome.<\/p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Upworthy\/\">Upworthy<\/a> on Thursday, March 10, 2016<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Rob made the heartfelt video after he heard a boy ask his own father what Down syndrome is.<\/h3>\n<p>The dad replied it was an \u201cillness of not knowing anything\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not how Rob sees it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not an illness,\u201d he says in the teary video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust because you read slower or you don\u2019t run as fast does not mean you have a disability to me. This is what I learned from Turner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDown syndrome is literally one of the most beautiful things that\u2019s ever happened in my life,\u201d Rob said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Upworthy\/videos\/1211523835555139\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The video was uploaded by Upworthy<\/a> had received 1.5 million views in nine hours by Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Powerful stuff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/leigh-matthews-is-all-for-return-of-afl-curtain-raisers-before-matches\">LEIGH MATTHEWS BACKS THE RETURN OF A FAVOURITE AFL TRADITION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/us-gun-advocate-shot-by-her-own-young-son\">US GUN ADVOCATE SHOT BY HER OWN FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video filmed by the son of a boy with Down syndrome after the man overheard a hurtful comment is going viral and tugging on heartstrings around the world. 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