“I Have Down Syndrome… And Road Rage”
Sickboy
CBC
4.8 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Taylor Arbeau is a firecracker. A passionate photographer, musician, and former Special Olympics athlete, she also happens to live with Down syndrome — mosaic Down syndrome, to be exact (yeah, we had no clue what that was either). In this candid convo, Taylor drops truth bombs about growing up “different,” discovering self-love, and calling bullshit on assumptions people make about her. She opens up about dating, her dreams of becoming a mom, and the unexpected ways Down syndrome has shaped her art and identity.
This episode is all heart and zero pity. It’s a celebration of difference, determination, and the power of proudly being yourself — even if you might have a tiny bit of road rage.
Follow Taylor’s work on Instagram:
Photography: @beausphotos3
Music: @taylorandmusic.3
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| 0:00.0 | It's becoming pretty clear that U.S. President Donald Trump is ripping up the political |
| 0:05.3 | playbook. |
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| 0:30.2 | This is a CBC podcast. |
| 0:32.3 | This is a CBC podcast. Okay, I'm very, very, very, very excited for today's recording. |
| 0:58.8 | We are recording with Taylor. |
| 1:01.5 | Now, not Taylor who's sitting next to me. |
| 1:03.5 | Another Taylor. |
| 1:05.3 | Two Tay's in the house today. |
| 1:07.1 | The female version of Taylor. |
| 1:09.2 | Taylor, I've got a question. |
| 1:10.4 | We'll kick the whole thing off to set this up. |
| 1:13.9 | A little opening hook question, if you will. |
| 1:17.1 | What's something that people never expect when they meet you for the first time? |
| 1:23.3 | That's actually a really good question. |
| 1:26.1 | I guess because what the there's a syndrome that I have is very hard functioning. |
| 1:31.5 | And when people see me and also they, oh, I didn't know that you had Dairs and syndrome. |
| 1:36.3 | Like they always expected I was just like, you know, a regular person like everyone else. |
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