Families giving up custody of mentally ill kids, GAO says

The Chicago Tribune ^ | April 21, 2003 | Paul Singer

[codercpc]

Pardon me for using politically correct speech

I would never consider calling a Downs Syndrome child "special" politically correct, because it is the truth.

Anyone who has never spent time with these little angels, doesn't know what they are talking about. They are called special because they are special. They generally are the happiest children, and adults I have ever met. I truly think God sends them to earth to make the rest of the world marvel at their goodness.

For their parents all I can say is Thank You. I know through personal experience just how hard it is to raise a Down Syndrome child, (not my own, but friends) and I not only see the difficulty but the sheer joy.

I am not going to make a generalization that could hurt others out there, but when I think of this being one of the reasons many choose to have amniocentisis to "rule out" this disorder in pregnancy, I shudder to think how many of these angels are aborted every year.

To all of you that shared your personal experiences on this thread, I want to say Thank You, You have opened alot of eyes today, and hopefully a few hearts.

God Bless You All.

[verity]

How can anyone with DS be considered "very special"?

[Radix]

1 Corinthians 13:11
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
(Whole Chapter: 1 Corinthians 13 In context: 1 Corinthians 13:10-12)

http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?SearchType=AND&language=english&searchpage=0&search=when+I+became+a+man&version=KJV


Read on, I am not a teacher, I have certain gifts, but I am not a teacher

Raw, what is it good for?

[Radix]

OK

I have taken a few minutes to consider your remarks.

It seems to me that you are suggesting that we need to be more pragmatic in our view, and actions concerning certain things.

These aberrations who show up in the course of human events need to be dealt with in a way that is not quite so full of BS.

You are talking about Darwinism.

Survival of the fittest.

Am I getting warm here?

[verity]

I am only commenting on the phrase "very special" to describe a person born with a congenital defect. I think it is misleading.

You are entitled to your opinion and I am entitled to mine.

[stands2reason]

I suggest you read Bloodlines of the Illuminati by Fritz Sprinmeier where it references CIA and FBI as partly behind some of the children abduction cases and what they have been doing to some of the children behind closed doors!

Why? So a book says something, it doesn't mean it's true...

[goldilucky]

And you are entitled to your point of view!