"I always stand up for myself because that's what you have to do. It is hard, but I just do it to say that I'm able to do stuff myself"

20 year old Aoife Byrne from County Laois has never let her Down Syndrome get in the way of her life. As a volunteer for the Irish Red Cross, and now studying, she tells Ann -Marie of her many hopes, among them, her dream of living independently in the country. Aoife's mother Geraldine talks of a difficult time Aoife experienced when she had to be taken out of school. Aoife's prospects of living independently are positive as we hear of a Field of Dreams coming to her county.

“If the bedroom walls had ears” platforms a group of people finding hope and purpose and coming to wisdom on their individual and unique journeys.”