Feb 25 2009
Do People with Down syndrome Suffer?
Does a person with Down syndrome really suffer in today’s society?
My answer is ‘yes’, but not the way most people who do not have a child with Down syndrome or mosaic Down syndrome think.
A person with Down syndrome or mosaic Down syndrome does suffer.
They suffer from ignorance.
Not their own-But the world’s.
They suffer from discrimination.
Not because they can not discriminate the differences between others-
But because the world discriminates against them.
They suffer from communication problems.
Not because they can not communicate-
But because the world will not listen and communicate with them.
They suffer from misunderstanding.
Not because they don’t understand-
But because the world refuses to understand them.
They suffer from learning problems.
Not because they can not learn-
But because the world believes they are not teachable.
They suffer from the inability to make friendships.
Not because they are unable to be a friend-
But because the world teaches their children to not associate with them.
Do people with Down syndrome suffer?
Yes, unfortunately they do.
But only because the world sees them as so incredibly different from themselves.
If the world would stop and get to know–really know–someone with Down syndrome, they they would realize that they are no different than anyone else!
Some may talk a little different, but that doesn’t mean they don’t know what they are saying!
It just means they have trouble forming the words.
Some may learn a little different, but that doesn’t mean they can not learn!
It means that like every single other person in the world, they learn at their own pace.
Some may look a little different, but that doesn’t mean something is “wrong” with them. Even identical twins look a little different from one another.
My son has mosaic Down syndrome.
He is 22 years old.
He likes RPG video games.
He likes YouTube.
He likes horror movies.
He LOVES girls.
He plans to have a family.
He plans to have a career in computer graphics.
He is a great writer and hopes to be published one day.
He wants to travel.
He would love to go to Japan.
He likes hanging out with his friends.
How different is he really to any other 22 year old?
This goes back to my statement years ago that became my Trademark:
The Only Handicap A Person Has Are The People Around Them!
The only thing people with Down syndrome or mosaic Down syndrome suffer from are the people in the world who do not believe they should be here in the first place.
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I’d completely hang out with him!!!
Let’s talk the talk. Some kids with Down Syndrome suffer, and yet some do not. It’s just that simple. The key to handi-capable kids is acceptance. Our Paul E. aka Paulie is an extrovert very much like Myself. Everybody He comes in contact with loves Him. For Him the glass is always half full never half empty. Now You could talk normal kids and say the same thing. Just think I’m 70 years young and Paulie is 31. Now My Grand-Daughter is 4 going on 75. It just don’t get any better then this. As Always Hansei.