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Post by christie on Jul 10, 2004 0:08:06 GMT -5
Personally I don't get hung up on words very much, but if I had a vote I would say use DS, like MS and CP CC
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Post by snickers71801 on Jul 10, 2004 4:34:19 GMT -5
About the whole mongoloid thing, it is very rare. I read it in a book after my daughter was born, but never heard of it since, except when my mother asked me if it was a word used for down syndrome many years ago. Someone had asked her and she didnt know. I had never heard of the word before my daughter was born. So in turn, I dont think that it is common anymore. Someone said that the little blue haired ladies probably still use it with no offense, but that is all they knew it as, which is very sad. My daughter has much potential and I would love to see her grow up to be a happy and healthy person. I think that is what every other parent wants for their child. So what makes our children so different? They are special and I have been told that God only gives you what you can handle. I believe that very much. My daughter is the most beautiful little girl I have ever seen and I feel special to have a daughter like her. Who cares what anyone else thinks, all that matters is that she is loved by many people.
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Post by Debbie on Jul 17, 2004 20:33:06 GMT -5
Meredith, Thank you for your comments. You have some very good points in these discussion's. Your points are well and true. I don't know why people continue to use those words. I think that sometimes time and place may have something to do with it. Maybe what the person has read also gives them the wrong impression too. I know we still have some out dated literature that uses the "m" word. I heard it only once in my life. My mother has had a hard time since she remembers the language back when I was little. She said to me once that it did hurt her, but, she always said that I had potential and that everyone she came across thought I was just your typical little girl. You have to find the right words that makes you feel comfortable. I can tell you this as a person who has Mosaic Down syndrome, I am used to being called a person who has Down syndrome. This does not bother me at all. I'd rather be remembered as an individual first and then the Down syndrome second. I do remind others about the person first language. The Down syndrome does not completely define me it is simply a part of my life. I have to remind some people that I am a person first and that I can speak for myself and that I have my own unique talent's. Individualism is my thing. We are not all the same yet we share something in common. I think you have to reach a place where you can accept it and then find your own opinion's around that. Chris Burke says he has Up Syndrome.
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