prplchknz
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I'd say this is largely to do with the individual teaching, their skillset and understanding.
Each has their own challenges in a world where they are not catered to on a whole sense.
I do not think that children/babies/seeds (whatever your preferred definition) should be aborted purely on the basis that they have downs syndrome. However i do believe it is the parents right as long as careful deliberation is used and it's not just an alternative to birth control.
I have experience with lots of individuals with many of those mentioned above and close personal experience of one particular individual with downs syndrome who lived next door to my father.
Yes it is difficult for the family but i do not think, in hindsight, they would have chosen not to have him. Unlike several posters here i try not to judge on their basis of what intellect is.
I actually believe we have something to learn from people with down syndrome and thsi thread is a fantastic example of what that is.
I knew I liked you, I was trying to put into words my feelings, and you did so eloquently.