Iowa Homecoming Queen Gifts Her Crown to ‘Uplifting’ Classmate Who Has Down Syndrome

Iowa Homecoming Queen Gifts Her Crown to ‘Uplifting’ Classmate Who Has Down Syndrome
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Two Iowa parents can rest assured that their special-needs daughter has been well treated by her peers. After being crowned by the homecoming queen, who gave up her own crown before the school, it’s obvious to her loving parents that their daughter has a caring circle of friends.

In 2016, Chelsea Sloan, who has Down syndrome, was excited when she learned that she was “voted onto homecoming court” when she was 18 years old, her mom, Angie Sloan, wrote on Facebook.
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