Natalie Stevanus, 25, has Down syndrome but nevertheless won a managerial position at a Canadian coffee shop. The shop has won the Canadian Down syndrome Society's Employer of the Year award in part for its efforts to accommodate Stevanus.

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Woman with Down Syndrome Didn't Let Preconceptions Stop Her From Applying for a Promotion

February 03, 2009
Cherri Greeno
The Kitchener Record

Waterloo, Ontario

Linda Stevanus sat nervously in the booth of a Waterloo coffee shop, anxiously waiting for her daughter to finish a job interview. Natalie Stevanus had applied -- against her mother's wishes -- to become a manager at the Williams Coffee Pub on Northfield Drive.

It wasn't that Linda didn't want her daughter to work. She just didn't want her to get her hopes up, then fail. Natalie, 25, has Down syndrome. Until a few years ago, her mother wasn't sure if anyone would give her daughter a chance.

Read the full story online at The Record.com.