Jason Kingsley (actor)

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Jason Kingsley (born June 27, 1974) is an American actor who has Down syndrome. He began appearing on television very young. In 1975, at 15 months old, he joined Sesame Street and acted in 55 episodes. He later appeared in a 1984 episode of The Fall Guy and in episodes of All My Children and Touched by an Angel.

Kingsley's parents are Emily and Charles Kingsley. His mother wrote for Sesame Street, and his father was a painting contractor.

He finished Lakeland High School in 1994 and passed all six Special Education Regents Competency Tests. In June 1997, he graduated from Maplebrook School, a post-secondary program for students with learning disabilities.

In 1994, Harcourt Brace published Count Us In: Growing Up with Down Syndrome, a book Kingsley co-wrote with his friend Mitchell Levitz about their experiences with Down syndrome.