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The Spotlight

DSAMT recognizes and celebrates the achievements of individuals with Down syndrome of all ages and shares these with the community through The Spotlight. Any individual in Middle Tennessee is eligible to be selected for The Spotlight, and those featured will receive a special gift from DSAMT.

Rivers DeLisle

Rivers DeLisle excels at building sign language skills, enjoys music therapy and PE, and has been awarded the 2nd grade boy PE award. Rivers enjoys swimming with the Nashville Dolphins, and the Challenger Baseball team. In addition, Rivers particularly enjoys taking riding lessons at Saddle Up! When not actively engaged in a sport Rivers is usually dancing or singing his way through life.

Rivers and Jelly Bean were featured on News Channel 5 after being chosen as the Ambassador for Monroe Carell Jr. Hospital at Vanderbilt for the 2023 Iroquois Steeplechase.

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Do You Know Someone Who Should be in the DSAMT Spotlight?

Do you know someone who should to be our Spotlight of the Month? Email a photo and a short explanation why to April@somethingextra.org

Sharmane Pearson

Sharmane has won four Special Olympics World Games medals, and is a favorite at DSAMT events because of her joy and humor. 

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Sophia Horvath

Sophia is a junior at Mount Juliet High School and was recently elected to the homecoming court in September. Sophia is a social butterfly who can't go go anywhere without someone knowing her.

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Kaely Huck

Kaely learns dance at The Centre School of Dance, a worship-oriented dance school. Her mother, Sherry, says she has been dancing for six years, and that it’s just another aspect of her daughter’s love for physicality.

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