I have been reading the daily mail for a little while now. Online you understand, and of course completely in jest. And to keep an eye on them. So I am pretty used to the vile comments, but this one deserved its own blog post. I am shocked and horrified at this.
"I'm afraid I can'tjoin in the chorus of encouraging comments. I'm glad this little girl and her parents are having some joyful times, but they are being used as propoganda. The problems with Down's children don't happen at such a young age, it's as they grow older that their mental limitatuions become more obvuous and affect their, and their familes, lives. There are allways stories like this which push the view that Down's children are more-or-less normal, just needing some extra support. It's not true, and is cruelly misleading to parents dealing with the disaster (and yes it is a disaster) of discovering their newborn child has Down's. Down's children can, generally, have happy lives because family and carers and society take good care of them. It is the parents and siblings who suffer, with worry, especially what happens after the parents die. Down's is a life-wrecking occurence for many parents, and it is shameful that the media glosses over this with this kind of story.
