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Seen as Sick: Conjuring Illness to Deny Full Humanity
“Is there a vagina?” I asked the midwife. After a summer of crop-killing drought, rain fell the day my last child was born. For the first time in two months, we turned off the air conditioning, opened our windows and … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Skotko research on happiness in people with Down syndrome, Civil rights for people with Down syndrome, Down syndrome is not an illness, Physical therapy for children with Down syndrome, rh blood factor, Richard Dawkins and Down syndrome, scientific studies on Down syndrome, subtle discrimination of the developmentally disabled, What to expect when your child is diagnosed with Down syndrome
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Part 1: A Painful Week in the Down Syndrome Community
Real Community, Virtually When Lyra was four months old, I met a woman at a meeting for new parents of children with Down syndrome. A few weeks later, she sent me an invitation to join a Facebook group titled “(’12/’13) … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Golden Heart, Civil rights for people with Down syndrome, congenital heart defects with Down syndrome, disability bias in organ transplants, Fiona's Hope Totes, National Down Syndrome Congress, Sandra Jensen, The support of a Facebook group
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Lyra’s Latest: Fully Human & Needing a Civil Rights Movement
Your daughter was born with Down syndrome. Do not expect her to read, write, do math or ever drive a car. A physician said these words to the parents of a buoyant baby girl, aptly named Grace, in the days … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 National Down Syndrome Congress converntion, Adam's Camp, Adults with Down syndrome, Brian Skotko research on happiness in people with Down syndrome, Civil rights for people with Down syndrome, Down syndrome, justice for Ethan Sayer, Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome Research, multiple intelligences, Physical therapy for children with Down syndrome, pronated feet, Ruby's Rainbow, speech therapy, Turning off the 21st chromosome
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