No More Boxes, Please.
Posted: August 20, 2013 Filed under: advocacy, Down syndrome | Tags: abortion, community, Down syndrome, stereotypes 6 CommentsStereotypes, abortion, and the Down syndrome community. I’ve had many, many, maaaaany debates on these topics during the past few weeks. In fact, it seems like all I ever talk about lately. Read the rest of this entry »
The Problem With Down Syndrome: Part 4
Posted: August 9, 2013 Filed under: advocacy, Down syndrome | Tags: Down syndrome, dystopia, Hitler, science, utopia 11 CommentsWhat is the problem with Down syndrome? I have been struggling with this, but I think it is not so much whether there is a problem (there’s not), but the drive behind the creation of a “problem” label. It is not, in and of itself, anything but a genetic condition. Just like anyone who lives on this earth, health outcomes are wide and varied. Most will have an intellectual disability and many get hung up on that. I see no inherent problem with intellectual disability, however. Intellectual disability has no guaranteed bearing on quality of life, as far as I can see. Some people live happy lives, some people don’t, intellectual disability or not.
So what is the problem? Read the rest of this entry »
Kimchi Latkes 