A young gentleman from Swindon who has Down's Syndrome is living his 'dream' after a supportive building firm took him on as an apprentice scaffolder.

Todd Scanlon, 29, has been employed on a permanent, part-time basis by Coles Scaffolding Contractors Ltd after repeated request for work from Scanlon.

Scanlon had 'begged' scaffold company owner Martyn Coles, 35, for a job for the last two years. Currently he is employed and working for them two full days-a-week.

Coles, who has run the scaffolding company which is based in Wiltshire for the last five years, has said Todd's disability is not holding him back.

A Down's Syndrome lad is living his 'dream' after a kind-hearted building firm took him on - as an apprentice scaffolder. Todd Scanlon, 29, has been employed on a permanent, part-time basis by Coles Scaffolding Contractors Ltd., working for them two full days-a-week. Todd had "begged" scaffold company owner Martyn Coles, 35, for a job for the last two years. And Martyn, who has run the scaffolding company, based in Swindon, Wilts., for the last five years, has said Todd's disability is not holding him back.