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He learns aikido. She worked in a lab. They both have Down syndrome

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Zachary Isaac Ho with his mother Madam Lim Gek Hsiang (left) and Ms Grace Gan. They have Down syndrome, a genetic condition in which a person is born with an extra partial or whole copy of chromosome 21.

Zachary Isaac Ho (second from left) and Ms Grace Gan (right) both have Down syndrome, a genetic condition in which a person is born with an extra partial or whole copy of chromosome 21.

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SINGAPORE – Ten-year-old Zachary Isaac Ho likes learning Japanese martial art aikido, playing computer games and being an IT monitor at his primary school. “When I grow up, I want to be a fireman,” he says.

Ms Grace Gan, 18, likes trying fancy bubble tea drinks and is studying applied food science at ITE College East.

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