My lad begged for a brother so I adopted 5 kids with Down Syndrome – now I’m a mum of 10, people judge but I love it

SHANNON Pinkerton, 54, was sitting at her computer one evening when her youngest son Cody, then six, pointed at the screen. “Can we adopt him?” he asked, eyes fixed on a boy with brown hair and hazel eyes. “He’s called Joey.” The boy on the screen was 10, had Down Syndrome, and was looking for…