Business owned by man with Down syndrome featured on No. 95 NASCAR
JUN 3, 2016 CAROLE NOVIELLI
A young businessman from Sanger, Texas, who has Down syndrome will have his snow cone business alongside Fortune 500 companies in the upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway.
At the age of 20, Blake Pyron became the youngest business owner in Sanger when he opened Blake’s Snow Shack in early May of this year. Blake’s mother previously told Live Action News that when Blake was born, she was asked by her doctor to have an amniocentesis, but she refused.
“We didn’t take [the amniocentesis] because we knew we would never have an abortion,” she said.
Last month, I had the privilege to attend the grand opening for Blake’s Snow Shack where Blake’s mother, Mary Ann, proudly told a supportive crowd on Mother’s Day weekend how her son had been a blessing to her family, as well as their community.
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