Posted on 12/01/2012 2:54:29 PM PST by lyby
Student-athlete Eric Dompierre is a state champion football player, winner of Sports Illustrated’s “Underdogs” contest and an all-around inspirational young man. And he has Down syndrome.
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Eric and his father, Dean, fought for two years trying to convince the MHSAA to create a waiver policy allowing student-athletes with disabilities to play one year past the current maximum age.
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“I’m very excited,” Eric said after learning that he would be allowed to play football.
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His football team, the Hematites, went on to win the MHSAA Division 7 state football championship last Friday with a near flawless season record. Eric kicked a number of extra points and even scored a touchdown during their championship season.
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My husband and I chose NOT to have the tests that diagnosis DS because the chances of aborting a healthy fetus due to the procedure was pretty much equal to the chance that I would have a DS child.
Past the age limit eh?
..... sarcasm alert.....
How about we put full grown men in little league? He might reach the championships!!
It’ll be heartwarming to watch him plow through those kids and make a touhdown.
...... end sarcasm ......
What a hateful thing to say.
Yes. However, he did write it with sarcasm.
I was just taking the year past the age limit to an extreme
Indeed, I know! My cousin, John, is 36 years old... I am looking for a pic of us... He is a BLESSING! Remembers everybody’s birthdays...
Actually, “my point” for posting the article is about NOT aborting children because they may have DS.
How wonderful that this child, who happens to be DS, had the opportunity to live a dream...
>> My husband and I chose NOT to have the tests that diagnosis DS because the chances of aborting...
Many parents share you view.
Perhaps (I pray) they do...
However, according to the article:
“While studies have found that around 90 percent of women who receive a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome choose to have an abortion…”
I find that 90% to be very disconcerting...
Just wondering what the infant death toll is to date since Roe vs Wade was enacted; by law, not by voter choice.
I work with several schools where Down’s syndrome folks are “included” in the football organizations. As someone that works on the sidelines for a living I need to be able to move quickly from place to place. I find them to be a pain in the ass. They block my way, they are aggressive, and they interrupt my ability to get my job done.
They might be a joy at home, but adult DS folks on the sidelines are a problem.
For example, one followed me for a quarter trying to get me to constantly take his picture, or prevent me from taking shots of the other team.
One blocked my way because “I wasn’t on the team.” Which meant he did not know me. He was getting pretty billegerent before one of his handlers jumped in to help.
One who kept screwing up a team picture. What should have taken two minutes took twenty minutes.. If it were just my twenty minutes, that would be one thing. But there were 147 people in this college football team photo. You think I was the only one pissed?
Then there was the “slow” guy who had become somewhat of a mascot. He sent out emails to all of the team members explaining where they could find the pictures online, how to access them with a password that was supposed to be held by the Athletc Department Staff, and he explained how to download the game photos—because he did not think they should have to pay for them. It cost me about $1,500.
Being a member of society means there is a time and a place for behavior. When people are allowed to roam through an environment they are not capable of handling, you will get bad results.
There is a running comment among sideline folks and refs, and that is, “ these days, every team has one.”
And yes, I have a DS adult in my family. And yes, my wife and I were faced with the prospect of aborting a baby after she tested off the scale for a potential DS child. And, no, there was never any thought about aborting our daughter.
I work with several schools where Down’s syndrome folks are “included” in the football organizations. As someone that works on the sidelines for a living I need to be able to move quickly from place to place. I find them to be a pain in the ass. They block my way, they are aggressive, and they interrupt my ability to get my job done.
They might be a joy at home, but adult DS folks on the sidelines are a problem.
For example, one followed me for a quarter trying to get me to constantly take his picture, or prevent me from taking shots of the other team.
One blocked my way because “I wasn’t on the team.” Which meant he did not know me. He was getting pretty billegerent before one of his handlers jumped in to help.
One who kept screwing up a team picture. What should have taken two minutes took twenty minutes.. If it were just my twenty minutes, that would be one thing. But there were 147 people in this college football team photo. You think I was the only one pissed?
Then there was the “slow” guy who had become somewhat of a mascot. He sent out emails to all of the team members explaining where they could find the pictures online, how to access them with a password that was supposed to be held by the Athletc Department Staff, and he explained how to download the game photos—because he did not think they should have to pay for them. It cost me about $1,500.
Being a member of society means there is a time and a place for behavior. When people are allowed to roam through an environment they are not capable of handling, you will get bad results.
There is a running comment among sideline folks and refs, and that is, “ these days, every team has one.”
And yes, I have a DS adult in my family. And yes, my wife and I were faced with the prospect of aborting a baby after she tested off the scale for a potential DS child. And, no, there was never any thought about aborting our daughter.
I work with several schools where Down’s syndrome folks are “included” in the football organizations. As someone that works on the sidelines for a living I need to be able to move quickly from place to place. I find them to be a pain in the ass. They block my way, they are aggressive, and they interrupt my ability to get my job done.
They might be a joy at home, but adult DS folks on the sidelines are a problem.
For example, one followed me for a quarter trying to get me to constantly take his picture, or prevent me from taking shots of the other team.
One blocked my way because “I wasn’t on the team.” Which meant he did not know me. He was getting pretty billegerent before one of his handlers jumped in to help.
One who kept screwing up a team picture. What should have taken two minutes took twenty minutes.. If it were just my twenty minutes, that would be one thing. But there were 147 people in this college football team photo. You think I was the only one pissed?
Then there was the “slow” guy who had become somewhat of a mascot. He sent out emails to all of the team members explaining where they could find the pictures online, how to access them with a password that was supposed to be held by the Athletc Department Staff, and he explained how to download the game photos—because he did not think they should have to pay for them. It cost me about $1,500.
Being a member of society means there is a time and a place for behavior. When people are allowed to roam through an environment they are not capable of handling, you will get bad results.
There is a running comment among sideline folks and refs, and that is, “ these days, every team has one.”
And yes, I have a DS adult in my family. And yes, my wife and I were faced with the prospect of aborting a baby after she tested off the scale for a potential DS child. And, no, there was never any thought about aborting our daughter.
Sorry for the multiple post. Stupid ipad.
YOU on the other hand, are a world-class ASSHAT. And that's the kindest thing I can say about a world-class ASSHAT like you. GO AWAY.
No, you're being a rude, inconsiderate cold-hearted son of a bitch ASSHAT. STFU and go away.
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