For Sarah Squires, earning a sense of self-worth in the community she lives in has taken some work.
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For the past eight years, the 26-year-old has been delivering coffees to business in Beaconsfield and Beauty Point every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Sarah, who has Down syndrome, is also a valued employee of family restaurant Suenami.
In celebration of World Down Syndrome Day on March 21, Sarah decided to "go green" by offering reusable coffee cups.
According to her mother Maggie Squires, the environment is just as important to people with Down syndrome as it is to everyone else.
"Just because you are born with an extra chromosome, doesn't mean you can't achieve things," she said.
"This is a way to say thank you to the community that supports her.
"This inclusion in the community is heart-warming in this day and age of intolerance towards marginal groups.
"It is not that many years ago that people with Down syndrome were living in institutions and people thought they had nothing to offer the community.
"Sarah is certainly changing that concept."
World Down Syndrome Day is aimed at celebrating the lives and achievements of people with Down syndrome and to advocate for community inclusion. Mrs Squires said she had seen many positive changes.
"If you had told me when Sarah was born that she would live in a unit on her own and have a job, I wouldn't have believed it," she said.
"Not everybody is as accepting of people with a disability, but I know the people who have engaged with Sarah get so much out of it.
"It has changed my life having a child with Down syndrome and I know it has changed other people's as well."
With hobbies including horse riding, dancing and painting, Sarah said she enjoyed "everything" about her life.
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