Posted on 03/21/2024 9:38:31 PM PDT by Morgana
It is now rare that I encounter anyone with Downs. Decades ago, it wasn’t that way but now most are prevented from being born.
Good for her. Down Syndrome kids are almost all just charming .
Decades ago, I worked for a foundation in Los Angeles that trained those little ones. A lot of Hollywood people supported it, I think because one had a kid with Downs.
I did PR, in the same building as people who worked with the children, observed how they treated them, what they taught them. Incurable disease, but kids can learn a great deal. Some were wonderful artists, some could sing well enough to make their families happy. They learned how to dress themselves and to wear cute clothes so they looked as normal as possible. Manners were stressed.
I still have a warm place in my heart for Downs kids, talk to them when I see them.
All of those with Down’s that I’ve met in my life have been gentle souls. In many ways they are way beyond the rest of us.
Nice story.
In Iceland there are no Down Syndrome babies. They kill them all.
But the incidence of kids "on the spectrum" has exploded. We traded apparent physical maladaptation for mental dysfunction.
It takes a special kind of person to deal with downs children.
God bless Rachel. I admire her and have admired her.
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