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"Having Down Syndrome Is A Piece Of Art" w/ Nicholas

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8524 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Nicholas is a beautiful human being who is living his best life and pursuing his passion in the world of fashion. Nicholas was born with Down Syndrome and it doesn't stop him from doing whatever the hell he wants. He sits down with the boys to advocate, inspire and joke around while talking about his life as a gay man living with Down Syndrome and trying to find love and express himself through art.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You know that feeling when you reach the end of a really good true crime series?

0:05.5

You want to know more, more about the people involved, where the case is now, and what it's like behind the scenes.

0:12.2

I get that.

0:13.7

I'm Kathleen Goldhar and on my podcast crime story, I speak with the leading storytellers of true crime to dig deeper into the cases we all just can't stop thinking about.

0:24.9

Find crime story wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.0

This is a CBC podcast.

0:34.1

Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast where we talk about what it's like to be sick.

0:38.1

This week's guest is Nicholas.

0:39.9

He has Down syndrome.

0:41.3

Let's talk about it.

0:46.7

All right, we are sitting down with our new friend Nicholas all the way from beautiful Toronto, the

0:56.5

six. And this is another episode where we've stumbled into a lovely guest by means of the

1:05.3

AMI television show, Employable Me. And Nicholas, I I watched your episode recently, and I just, I got to say, I totally fell in love.

1:17.5

You are such a treat to watch, and such a treat to watch, like engage with other people,

1:23.6

and it was just really fun to be a part of your life in this transition where you're

1:28.8

trying to find your dream job in the world of fashion. So Nicholas, uh, why don't you, I know that

1:37.9

you're a big talker and I know that you're a bit of a diva. So why don't you take,

1:43.5

why don't you take a moment and introduce yourself to all of the

1:49.3

sick boy listeners out there so that they have a better idea of who you are. Okay. So my name is

1:56.9

Nicholas Hurd. I'm an artist, actor, performer, advocate, and an advocateer. And I've been around for a long time, so I've been in so many plays. I've did a play by Judith Thompson.

2:23.2

Whoa.

2:24.4

Canadian play Marlider, yes.

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