Despite growing diversity in advertisements, Katie Driscoll noticed that people with disabilities are still widely unrepresented.
The message was personal for Driscoll, a mother of six from Palos Park, Illinois. Her youngest child and only daughter, Grace, has Down syndrome. "People with disabilities should have the opportunity to be represented," Driscoll told Mashable. "They and their families are consumers as well."
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Instead of voicing her thoughts on the soapbox of social media, she took a more proactive approach and snapped her own photographs that better represented children with disabilities.
“Obviously you can’t include every diagnosis, but I wanted people to see differences because it’s important," Driscoll told ABC.
So she put out a casting call for children that she thought would be a better representation of kids heading back to school.
Driscoll's inspiration for photography came when Grace was born. "I wanted the world to see what I saw -- a beautiful little girl."
So she picked up a camera and began honing her photography skills to show the world how beautiful people are, regardless of disabilities.
More of Driscoll's photography and her entire back-to-school photo shoot can be found on her website, 5 Boys + 1 Girl = 6 Photography.