Posted by: Danby | May 28, 2007

Beacause Down Syndrome is an Unbearable Burden on Both the Parent and the Child.

helenhavingfun.jpgMy daughter Helen is two years old.

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I was once taken around a special needs school by a protestant clergyman. He asked me at the end where Christ is in all this? Inasmuch…. said I.

By: gillibrand on May 28, 2007
at 4:30 pm

You have a beautiful daughter!

My son is almost 18 yrs old, has Down’s Syndrome, and serves at the altar at our Church, which only has the Latin Mass. He knows all the responses and does most everything up there.

Who says Down’s Syndrome children are a burden?!

By: Michael Yoder on May 29, 2007
at 8:51 am

That’s rather the point I was trying to make. The above excuse is used to kill 90%+ of Down’s kids pre-natally. The point of the post is that children with Down Syndrome are children, not burdens.

Besides, she’s really cute.

By: Danby on May 29, 2007
at 10:48 am

She is extremely cute. God bless her.

By: MelanieBett on May 29, 2007
at 7:22 pm

An angel from heaven.

By: mlalexand99 on June 6, 2007
at 12:04 pm

My great-great-grandmother had Down syndrome (”Mongolism” as they called it in her day). As my grandfather described her, she was a shy, quiet woman who was widely considered the best cook in Grays Harbor county, Washington. She never learned to read or write but by all accounts had a happy and fulfilling life. She also taught my grandfather most of what he knew about cooking; his pies were the best I’ve ever tasted, bar none, and he insisted to the end of his life that hers were far better. That, in a nutshell, is what Down syndrome amounted to in a time before the medical industry figured out how to redefine differences as dysfunctions.

By: John Michael Greer on September 30, 2007
at 7:36 pm

i have down sydrome to and i need a little push to keep going can u give me and my mom hope call or email me 1613-659-4955

By: garet on February 4, 2008
at 8:24 am

Hi, Garet. It’s nice to make your acquaintence. Sorry it took so long for a response. I was just surfing trying to find a Catholic Church nearby where the Tridentine (Latis) Mass is said on a regular basis. And, here I find you! What’s the likelihood of that happening? I live in Ohio, near the Cleveland area. I’m getting ready to retire soon - April 30, and I have one son who is not down syndrome. How old are you? Please write back and tell me a little about you and your Mom

By: peggy on March 20, 2008
at 12:25 pm

I have a 9 year old daughter with Down syndrome and Cerebral Palsy. She was never supposed to walk or talk. In 2003, my wife and I separated. At the time, my daughter was not walking, and could not really talk. It was almost a year before I saw my kids again, due to circumstances beyond my control. I was convinced she would not recognize me. As I sat waiting to meet with them in a restaurant, I was shocked to hear, “DADDEEEEE!!!!”, and see my daughter running towards me! These kids are not a burden but a blessing!

By: starbirdcanada on May 8, 2008
at 9:37 am

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