Updated June 13, 2024 06:18 IST
Justin Gigliotti, a Boston, Massachusetts-based content creator and activist, is making waves on X again. Justin, who goes by the username @syndrome22q1, has a rare disorder called 22q syndrome. On Wednesday, he announced that he had secured a job as a commercial cleaner on X and asked netizens to congratulate him using #CongratsJustin.
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Justin Gigliotti, a Boston, Massachusetts-based content creator and activist, is making waves on X again. Justin, who goes by the username @syndrome22q1, has a rare disorder called 22q syndrome. On Wednesday, he announced that he had secured a job as a commercial cleaner on X and asked netizens to congratulate him using #CongratsJustin.
Soon after, messages of congratulations poured in and hundreds of X users showered Gigliotti with love. In the video, Gigliotti said he had a “big announcement” to make, after which he revealed he had officially been hired as a commercial cleaner.
“It’s just so shocking and insane that this has happened to me,” Gigliotti said. “It just makes me smile because it shows that someone with a disability like me can do anything. I’m so happy that something like this has happened in my life.”
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“I wish we could all use the hashtag ‘Congrats Justin’ because this is a big step in my life and this is like my first real job so to speak. People are in shock. They’re in shock.”
Gigliotti has previously run similar campaigns to raise awareness about his rare condition: in 2019, comedian Ellen DeGeneres spotted his post and encouraged her followers to send her Christmas wishes using #MerryChristmasJustin.
He said in a previous video that his disability has forced him to undergo multiple heart surgeries, but he vowed to continue living life to the fullest by making music and videos.
22q11 syndrome, also known as DiGeorge syndrome, is a disease caused by the deletion of a small portion of chromosome 22. This deletion causes several body organs to develop poorly. Typical symptoms include heart abnormalities, recurrent infections, underdeveloped jaws, misaligned ears, and distinctive facial features such as wide-set eyes, droopy eye corners, and an enlarged nose tip.