10 year old Cooper is teaching his twin brother to play Hot Cross Buns on the piano. Cooper has Downs syndrome and has been playing the piano since he was 8 ½ years old. I ask him how his brother is doing. Cooper says: “I showed him how to use 3 fingers to play Hot Cross Buns. He is doing OK”. There is a proud smile on his face. His mother says: “Cooper has always been the one who holds back with his brother in the lead, but now he is the leader, and it is so nice to see the confidence building that has occurred.”

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