An Argentinean advertising executive who unexpectedly became the father of a son with Down syndrome has turned his journey from disbelief to acceptance into a heartwarming video.
Pablo Poncini says that he “lost consciousness” and “simply fainted” when a doctor told him and his wife, Gabriela, that their newborn son had Down syndrome.
“It was as if the road we had started as a family had come to an end,” Poncini, the CEO of international advertising agency TBWA Buenos Aires, recalls.
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Thirteen years later, Poncini decided to focus his advertising talent on his personal life to document how he and his son had bonded since that emotional day in the delivery room.
The result is “The 1000 Days of Luca,” a nine-minute video that shows the father and son duo on a road trip last November through Argentina’s famous 1000 miles in La Patagonia.
The video, which shows Poncini and Luca throwing rocks, swimming, driving in a classic car and more, is narrated by Poncini with insights on how he and his family, including Luca’s two sisters, looked past Luca’s diagnosis to see the real him.
“”We realized that it wasn’t really a problem,” he says in the video. “It wasn’t a serious problem, nor was it a problem at all. We just had to get used to something different.”
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“And then little by little the Down syndrome disappeared and Luca appeared.”
Poncini, who did not reply to ABCNews.com’s request for comment, was asked to work on a campaign about the inclusion of people with disabilities but chose the road trip with his son to show a different perspective.
“Not from a pitiful point of view, as it’s so often done. On the contrary. What I want is to get closer, to make them feel good,” Poncini says. “And right here, right now with him I feel great.”
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ABC News
Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:20:00 GMT
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