Ep. 033: Overpowering Community Stigmas- With Ayah Sayyad - a podcast by Nicole Queen and Monica Traverzo: Muslim Podcasters

When Ayah and her husband learned they were expecting a third baby, they prayed hard for it to be a girl. Allah blessed them with everything they could dream of when they had beautiful Sabeel. Ayah faced obstacles from the Muslim community when she discovered Sabeel had down syndrome and as a Mother she immediately got to work overcoming the stigmas thrown her way. She started a movement, "Sabeels Super Heroes" and each year raises huge amounts of money for her cities down syndrome guilde. Ayah is and always has been an advocate for children with special needs and Sabeel is inspiring enough for anyone to fall in love with. Ayah wrote an amazing childrens book inspired by her daughter, it's available now on Amazon under the title "Sabeels Superheroes". 

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