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Radio 4,1 min

"That was the first time ever I've talked to anyone about my son..."

The Untold

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Mariam was at a park in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire with her son who has Down's syndrome. She explains the moment her now close-friend Salma opened up to her about the syndrome which her own son, Hassan, was born with. First broadcast on The Untold, 16 May 2016.

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