[Shared Post] What Suffering? The Down Syndrome Advantage

whoopsiepiggle posted: "I see you and Max acting so bravely, but nobody asks for a child with Down syndrome. I recalled those sugar-coated words of sympathy, spoken by someone a few weeks after our beautiful, healthy daughter was born, when I posted on my Whoopsie Piggle " Tim Meehan (meehanresidence@gmail.com) shared a post from Whoopsie Piggle What Suffering? The Down Syndrome Advantage by whoopsiepiggle I see you and Max acting so bravely, but nobody asks for a child with Down syndrome. I recalled those sugar-coated words of sympathy, spoken by someone a few weeks after our beautiful, healthy daughter was born, when I posted on … Continue reading → Read more of this post whoopsiepiggle | September 25, 2014 at 3:11 pm | Tags: "alleviating suffering" is code for discrimination, Brian Skotko research on happiness in people with Down syndrome, Down syndrome today versus before, most fetuses diagnosed with Down syndrome are aborted, National Down Syndrome Congress, National Down Syndrome Society, Richard Dawkins and Down syndrome, subtle discrimination of the developmentally disabled, therapies for children with Down syndrome | Categories: Lyra's Latests | URL: http://wp.me/p2MdFM-ht Comment    See all comments Change your email settings at Manage Notifications. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://whoopsiepiggle.com/2014/09/25/what-suffering-the-down-syndrome-advantage/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com