tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post8888554155295208722..comments2024-03-06T19:21:15.708-05:00Comments on RealChoice: The true deformity (A father's plea)Christina Duniganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04785550737493692252noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post-31021676196315595202010-04-26T07:46:07.203-04:002010-04-26T07:46:07.203-04:00When I was working at the institution in Texas, I ...When I was working at the institution in Texas, I read a book with the premise that we should ditch the idea of people who have low IQ scores having some sort of "condition". Specifically he was arguing that we should ditch the concept of "mental retardation". And at first I thought, "Well, that's nuts!"<br /><br />But his argument makes sense. Everybody's gonna be somewhere on the bell curve. People at the high end of the IQ bell curve are just seen as normal human variation. Why are people at the other end (after all, SOMEBODY has to be there) treated like a pathology? Why don't we just see it as normal human variation?<br /><br />It was an epiphany for me.Christina Duniganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04785550737493692252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post-36343090428718449332010-04-25T23:02:42.932-04:002010-04-25T23:02:42.932-04:00And unfortuantly, I think all too often doctors in...And unfortuantly, I think all too often doctors in speaking to parents and families, reduce Down syndrome to a medical condition and focus on the medical condition, rather than seeing a patient-an individual with this medical condition and understanding and describing people with Down syndrome as whole—emotionally, physically, and socially.Ladybughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09101347971678139917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post-13429078823332620902010-04-25T22:48:43.672-04:002010-04-25T22:48:43.672-04:00L., my experience is similiar. I have worked in di...L., my experience is similiar. I have worked in direct care with the MR/DD population for 2 years now and have seen most individuals living with Down Syndrome living happy, productive lives. Unfortuantly, I think there are still a lot of antiquated misconceptions and a general lack of understanding of Down Syndrome and other developmental disabilities, as well as a lack knowledge of the various resources and support groups out there for parents and care givers.Ladybughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09101347971678139917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post-32744273762405809242010-04-22T10:21:11.171-04:002010-04-22T10:21:11.171-04:00Well, OperationCounterstrike, I believe that women...Well, OperationCounterstrike, I believe that women with HEALTHY fetuses should decide for themselves to grow them or abort them -- I'm just saying I don't understand why people abort them just for that reason. I would understand aborting for multiple, serious health problems, but I know people with Downs living happy, productive lives.L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13437332749627332216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post-42758883870293053802010-04-21T18:46:00.248-04:002010-04-21T18:46:00.248-04:00I think women who are pregnant with Down-Syndrome ...I think women who are pregnant with Down-Syndrome fetuses should decide for themselves whether to grow them or to abort them.OperationCounterstrikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11877707857942926743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8395646.post-60353556810973736362010-04-21T08:48:23.756-04:002010-04-21T08:48:23.756-04:00Much as I support legal abortion, I just don't...Much as I support legal abortion, I just don't get why people -- including my own husband -- think Downs pregnancies should be aborted.L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13437332749627332216noreply@blogger.com