No, and I would not just murder every Downs' sufferer, either. Remember L.A. Law, where they had a rather large man who suffered from Downs' Syndrome or something similar and they showed how he was an asset to the company? I wish TV were more like that now.
The eternal question is whether the individual is self-sustaining or imposing real, measurable costs on those around him that he does not make up for, at least where I am concerned.
I think parents have a right to know. From what I have heard from one spina bifida sufferer, I would have been even more upset about being born with that.
The government here is basically pressuring everyone here to get off the DSP regardless of their ability to do so. So that is hardly a surprise.
I would never condone pressure being put on a parent to abort. There is nothing I can imagine that would be more traumatic save for a stillborn child. However, as I keep saying, the parent has to seriously consider what the child's life will be like. Jello Biafra said it best when he sang "You don't want abortions, you want battered children". We are living in a society that is leaving parents increasingly unable to care for normal children, leave alone any that might have "special needs".
A lot of things I hear revolve around some flaky deity objecting, but to paraphrase the same song, god must be dead if I am alive.
It is pretty similar in Australia because Australia's government is almost a clone of the UK's. I won't speculate about anywhere else, however.
Well, when I declared that society is leaving parents unable to care for normal children, I was referring to things like runaway inflation, static wages, employment-option-terror, and so on. I would try to avoid the government lending support to a child's upbringing wherever possible. The recent foster care scandals here demonstrate why.
If you are viewing it as a humanity issue, then that means you are giving it some actual thought, for which I commend you.
I will have to go and pretend all the statistics about how humans murder their own children in circumstances of population overcrowding do not exist, then.
Infanticides happen a lot more frequently than is reported, especially in media sources. They happen a lot more in Sydney (something like one in five hundred or so) than is the case in Coober Pedy (not even sure there is one on record). I am sure similar stats can be found for American cities, too.
China is one of the most overpopulated parts of the world. Need I go on?
That is why I think so many parents would like to blame vaccinations on causing autism rather than just trying to accept diversity.
This is such a good point, M.
If it weren't for my sister with down's syndrome, I probably wouldn't be able to stand human touch at all. There was a long time when nobody could touch me but her.
I don't know if that is because of her DS or not, but she's a lot smarter than most people give her credit for, and as long as she was happy I wouldn't change a thing about her. I have no doubt that she can become self-sufficient one day.
If it weren't for my sister with down's syndrome, I probably wouldn't be able to stand human touch at all. There was a long time when nobody could touch me but her.
I don't know if that is because of her DS or not, but she's a lot smarter than most people give her credit for, and as long as she was happy I wouldn't change a thing about her. I have no doubt that she can become self-sufficient one day.
Con, she sounds like a great person. How old is she now?
Sixteen
It's usually a complete replication. Sometimes there's a partial replication.
And Alzheimer symptoms.
There is supposed to be an increased risk of early onset alzheimers. My mother knew a guy that happened to, and it took him fast. I'm glad my sister's only sixteen.
It would depend on which sections, I imagine, as well as what genes were or were not on the original chromosome. I'm certain there are other factors as well.
Could I have a link to this other discussion?