118: Shifting the Narrative About Down Syndrome with Heather and Josh Avis

Rise Together Podcast

Dave Hollis

Business, Health & Fitness, Careers, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.6 • 11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Just in time for Down Syndrome Awareness Month, this week I had the privilege to sit down with two of my very good friends Heather and Josh Avis to discuss their work at The Lucky Few, all about encouraging families to reorient the way the view developmental differences such as Down syndrome. We really dig into the good, the bad, the painful of this work: how to make room for more representation, how to build a counter-narrative to the harmful ones we often see in our community, and how to seek to understand while at the same time, appreciating that you will never fully understand. You can follow Josh and Heather's adventures over at The Lucky Few website: https://www.heatheravis.com and Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/theluckyfewofficial/ -- Dave's first-ever book, Get Out Of Your Own Way, is OUT NOW! This book is for everyone, and we mean EVERYONE: women who loved Girl Wash Your Face, men who did or didn't read Girl Wash Your Face, personal development skeptics, personal development devotees, anyone and everyone who has a life and knows it could maybe get a little better if they could just get out of their own dang way! LET'S GOOOOOO! -> http://bit.ly/gooyowpod Your Fave's Faves is coming November 18th! The latest podcast from the Three Percent Chance network features hilarious interviews with actors, musicians, athletes, influencers, gamers and more, sharing their five favorite things in any category they want! Hosted by author Rachel Hollis, Your Fave's Faves brings you stories from your favorite celebrities you WON'T hear anywhere else. Subscribe now to be the first to listen on Wednesday the 18th! -> http://bit.ly/yourfavesfaves Ever wanted to go on a run with me? Now you can - anywhere, anytime! Download the RISE App today and access a full library of content that's always growing featuring workouts with me, Dave, as well as a diverse roster of coaches to fit any workout journey. The RISE App is for everybody and every body, so get started today: http://bit.ly/riseappdave To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh, I'm so excited this week to bring to you two human beings who happen to also be
0:05.2	personal friends of mine, Heather and Josh Avis.
0:09.6	They operate a company called The Lucky Few, which is a social awareness brand on a mission
0:14.1	to create a more inclusive world with an emphasis on shifting the down syndrome narrative.
0:20.3	They work toward this mission through the diverse and inclusive content they create on their
0:25.3	Instagram account, The Lucky Few Official, and the books that Heather writes, The Lucky Few,
0:31.8	Scoot over and make some room, and the stages that Heather ends up speaking on.
0:37.1	They have a multi-ethnic ability diverse, adoptive family, and they know that this place,
0:43.7	this world that we live in, is a place that every single person belongs.
0:48.0	That we can only embrace our differences if we're able to celebrate them and that life
0:53.1	is better when we make room in our lives for those who have been missing.
0:57.7	Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Heather and Josh Avis to the Rise Together Podcast.
1:06.5	What would the world look like if we all pushed ourselves to have candid conversations with people
1:10.8	who didn't look like us, think like us, or live like us? I'm Dave Hollis, and I'm on a mission to
1:17.1	learn more about this world by meeting more of the people who live here. You may not always agree
1:22.2	with everything you hear, but I guarantee you'll come away more informed on topics you might never
1:27.4	have thought to seek out before. This isn't just a podcast, it's a community, and when we raise
1:32.8	each other up, we all rise together.
1:43.6	Ladies and gentlemen, today we have Josh and Heather Avis, or Heather and Josh Avis.
1:49.1	I don't know the sequence of how we introduce these human beings, but they are amazing.
1:54.8	They happen to be personal friends of mine, do not be biased by the fact that I actually like these
1:59.2	people a lot in real life, but they together work on something called the Lucky Few.
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