Most beautiful thread on Twitter: Father shares his lovely daughter with Down syndrome and it's getting dusty in here *sniff sniff*

Every once in a while we come across a thread that is absolutely so wonderful that we HAVE TO share it. Jason Kneen wrote such a thread about his lovely little girl who just so happens to have Down syndrome.

And yes, this editor may just so have happened to cry a little reading this SO maybe get a tissue or two before you read through.

"My child has Down's Syndrome, what should I expect?"

This. 100% this. pic.twitter.com/vo0Bu0Eoxp

— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 21, 2019

Look. At. That. Smile!

Children with Down syndrome are amazing. True story.

Also expect this!#wouldntchangeathing pic.twitter.com/t7yBQKRNlV

— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 22, 2019

Overwhelmed with the replies, likes and comments about this post and thread — and thank you to everyone sharing their own stories and photos here.

A “quick” thread…

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— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 22, 2019

I was totally NOT ready for a child like Rosie. It was a shock when she was born and I’m ashamed to say I didn’t take it well initially.

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— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 22, 2019

Part of that was the matter-of-fact process that happens where you’re bombarded with documentation and booklets and basically “manuals” on “what’s wrong and going to go wrong with your child”

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— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 22, 2019

It’s devastating to hear how your child’s life has already been predicted and mapped out. All children are different — how can ANYONE predict their future?

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— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 22, 2019

Like any child Rosie has been through it — we’d been through febrile convulsions with 2 before Rosie was born, and whilst she avoided that, she suffered badly with Bronchiolitis and was in hospital for a couple of weeks with @binkyboobar in 2015

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— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 22, 2019

Just before Christmas 2017 she was taken into hospital again with the same, but that also turned into Pneumonia— @binkyboobar was with her for the first couple of days but we had a newborn baby and it wasn’t practical to have them all in hospital.

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— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 22, 2019

So, I took over, as I can work from anywhere, and stayed with Rosie over Christmas and New Year — we all made the best of it with FaceTime and hospital visits from family.

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— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 22, 2019

Rosie I and became thick as thieves over that time and watched Moana together many times and EVERY SINGLE DAY — thanks @TheRock for teaching me all the songs 🙂 — Rosie was so brave, and so strong.

This is her, with assisted oxygen, watching Moana.

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— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 22, 2019

She met Father Christmas, and the Salisbury football team and just powered through it — with all the injections and tests and cables and pipes etc. She was amazing and SO brave.

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— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 22, 2019

Soon after she was back to her normal self ?

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— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 22, 2019

A year later and we had our Christmas at home and together and she continues to enjoy life, every day, and reminds us and ME how fun it all is.

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— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 22, 2019

And then Jason’s responses to people responding is just as rad:

Still amazed from the responses to this thread including lovely photos of Rosie's extended DS family all across the world.

it's been an amazing experience with a massively, positive response.

Sadly a few negative ones which I won't respond to directly except to say…

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— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 23, 2019

In response to a DM offering a "cure" for Rosie, thanks but there's nothing wrong with her that needs curing — she's completely perfect.

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— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 23, 2019

People with Down syndrome and or any other disability are not sick, they are not broken, and they do not NEED to be cured or fixed. A disability is a normal, natural part of the human condition.

Period the end.

To the "man" that said we should "stop breeding subhumans that feed off taxpayers", I agree, and your parents have a LOT to answer for.

Rosie will grow up to be a million times the human you could ever aspire to be.#wouldntchangeathing

— Jason Kneen (@jasonkneen) February 23, 2019

To the man who said that he can eat a big ol’ bag of … onions.