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Technicality

February17

This is a little technicality, but since I was made aware of it, I like to make others aware of it also.   I used to say it this way, until a friend of mine made me more aware.   Our children have Down syndrome.  They are not Downs kids or Downs babies.  This is something they have, not are.  They are children first.

You would not call a child with cancer, a cancer baby or a cancer kid.  The same applies for our children.  They are not a Downs baby or a Downs kid.  They have Down syndrome.  They are not Down syndrome.  The child comes first.  Teddy is my son.  A beautiful 4 year old who has Down syndrome.

The more we can use correct language,  the more we can change the attitude that people have toward our children.  We want others to see our children for who they are first.  We should talk about them in this way.

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7 Comments to

“Technicality”

  1. On February 19th, 2009 at 8:54 pm DownSyndrome.com » Featured Blogs - Rebecca Frederick-Jilg Says:

    [...] Technicality [...]

  2. On August 2nd, 2009 at 3:31 pm Piercing Says:

    It’s interesting to find how challenging the content side is for some

  3. On August 3rd, 2009 at 6:58 am babafisa Says:

    WoW! Thank you very much for that enlightening article

  4. On August 3rd, 2009 at 4:49 pm hotspot shield Says:

    Great article, lots of intersting things to digest. Very informative

  5. On August 8th, 2009 at 7:18 am Ventego Says:

    Thank you! You often write very interesting articles. You improved my mood.

  6. On September 28th, 2009 at 7:04 am yourbig.ru Says:

    I thought this was a very interesting post thanks for writing it!

  7. On October 9th, 2009 at 12:39 am ofigennoe.ru Says:

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