Success in today’s world is all about moving up and attempting to blend in as much as possible. Because you are viewed as “abnormal” or “odd” if you don’t fit in or are a little different from others.

It’s a depressing perspective on life, and it emphasizes appearance and peer comparison much too much.

Ask Jono Lancaster, who is a human being with the same flesh and blood as the rest of us but who regrettably has frequently been painfully reminded of how cruel the world can be.

Treacher Collins syndrome was the unusual prenatal disease that caused the adorable little boy’s facial bones to develop asymmetrically.

The physicians informed Jono’s parents that he would probably never walk or talk in addition to the diagnosis. Jono’s parents, who were stunned, decided it was too much and left him.

My parents were really taken aback when I was born. Within 36 hours of my birth, I was discharged from the hospital. Someone was assigned to look after me by social services. At the 2015 Nord Conference, Jono recalled the foster carer as a woman named Jean.

Jono’s parents vanished and placed him up for adoption when he was less than two days old. After the hospital got in touch with Social Services, Jono was adopted and reared by a lovely woman by the name of Jean Lancaster.

When Jean saw the young boy, she was neither alarmed nor surprised. She bonded with him right away when she picked him up. “When can I take him home?” Jean asked, turning to face the nurse.

Jono’s foster mother provided him all the necessary love and attention from the beginning, and he couldn’t have asked for a finer or more loving mother.

However, despite his mother’s unwavering support, Jono’s early years were characterized by a lack of understanding from the outside world.

Jono began to realize who he was when he started school. It did not take him long to realize that he did not look like his classmates.

I had the impression that I was the only one in the world who was similar to me and that I was on my own. Even though some people are fortunate enough to win the jackpot or go on to become physicians, lawyers, or professional football players, I always wondered, “Why did I have to end up looking like this?” stated during an Adelaide Now interview.