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Award-Winning Actor, International Spokesperson and Board Member, Global Down Syndrome Foundation. By 2000, John C. McGinley had amassed decades of stellar work on stage and screen, including six collaborations with Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone.
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Jan 31, 2021 · John C McGinley is raising his son Max. The actor shows what it means to be an advocate, and what loving his son means to him. He talked about the gift of having a child with Down syndrome.
- Pedro Marrero
McGinley is a board member and international spokesperson for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation, and a key advocate for the Special Olympics campaign: “Spread the Word to End the Word.” The campaign educates against the use of the “R” word.
May 1, 2020 · Max is McGinley’s son, who was born with Down’s Syndrome a couple of years before Scrubs premiered. “I decided underneath it all, so it’s not too drippy, that in every episode there had to be one...
- Dustin Rowles
Award-winning actor John C. McGinley expounds on his hit TV show “Ground Floor,” working with Oliver Stone, being an international spokesperson for the Global Down Syndrome Foundation, and his most important role – being a dad to Max, who happens to have Down syndrome.
He is a celebrity Ambassador for the National Down Syndrome Society. In addition, he is a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics and was an integral part in crafting its "R-word: Spread The Word, To End The Word" campaign.
While John C. McGinley is best known for roles on TV’s Scrubs, and the films Wall Street and Platoon, he also works to raise awareness about Down syndrome, stop verbal bullying and promote better opportunities for people with disabilities.
