]]>Parenting any child covers a whole range of experiences, irrespective of genetic differance. Issues of whether one is cut out to be a parent or have any parental experience are questions of whether one wants to be a parent, not whether they want to be a parent but only to a particular type of child. Like the survey said, the vast majority of parents of children with Down syndrome say that the experience enriches their own life.
Would I choose to have Down syndrome? There is no choice involved. You either have it from conception, or you don’t. That’s the same for any human being, you are who you are.
As to the eugenicists, I don’t rile them, but I hold them accountable for their actions. I don’t advocate preventing their birth for being eugenicists. They are no less human than my daughter with the extra love chromosome, yet they have no problem with targeting others like her for birth prevention.
]]>And keep in mind that the ‘eugenicists’ you rile so viciously against are no less human than yourself – this is a contentious issue.
]]>In a recent Children’s Hospital Boston survey 99%
of parents of children with Down syndrome reported that they loved their child,
97% were proud of their child, and 79% attributed a more positive outlook on
life to their child. My daughter is neither diffucult or painful to raise. ]]>
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In a recent Children’s Hospital Boston survey 99%
of parents of children with Down syndrome reported that they loved their child,
97% were proud of their child, and 79% attributed a more positive outlook on
life to their child.