Mum's plea for Down's son to lose virginity
By FRED ATTEWILL - Sunday, March 15, 2009

http://www.newstin.co.uk/rel/uk/en-010-012006697

Most parents don't want to know about their children's sex lives - but one mother is doing all she can to help her Down's Syndrome son lose his virginity.

Lucy and Otto Baxter
Sex appeal: Lucy Baxter is helping Otto find a girlfriend

Lucy Baxter is even considering paying for adopted son Otto to go to a prostitute and has signed the 21-year-old up to dating agencies.

'I would have no problem if he went to a brothel in Amsterdam,' she said.

'Why should people with Down's Syndrome be kept separate and pigeon-holed when they have the same emotions, desires and feelings as so called "normal" people? He has the same expectations as everybody else.'

Full-time carer Ms Baxter, who has three other adopted sons with Down's, said she would be 'delighted' if Otto brought a girl home after a night out.

'He gets a kiss or two because he does have a way of chatting people up - but it doesn't get anywhere after that,' said the 50-year-old, from Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

'His room is stuffed full of condoms which he buys every time he goes to the pub with his friends and his collection of pornography is staggering.'

Budding actor Otto, who has appeared in local stage versions of Macbeth and The Canterbury Tales, said his ideal woman was TV presenter Fearne Cotton.

'I'm looking for girlfriends everywhere,' he said.

His story will be featured on Natalie Cassidy's Real Britain on BBC3 on Thursday.

Thursday 16 July, 2009

13 Questions: Otto Baxter
An aspiring actor with Down's Syndrome, Otto Baxter wants a physical relationship. As part of their Adult season, BBC3 has sent him to Vegas to check out all the city has to offer. But before you catch the show on= =20 Monday night, find out more about him with Ouch's 13 Questions.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/interviews/13_questions_otto_baxter.shtml