Our first video of Alexi, our daughter with Down Syndrome, working with her Occupational Therapist. She was pretty tired out by the time I got the camera out, so stayed tuned as there's gonna be lots more to follow!
Stupid people sometimes need to learn basic manners especially when you are grown up adult. Shame on you for insulting this innocent baby. Tsk😑 Naming the baby that looks alike to orangutan and that is not insulting? And still dare to ask why it looks the same? Just plain idiot. Do some study and learn to be sensitive too. Even if it isn't for your benefit, do it for others. You want respect? Then you better show your respect too.
I'm not trying to be mean but why do some ds children have it harder than others. Are there several degrees of the same condition and how does that work
Nature used to deal with such defects in a timely and efficient manner: death. Nature is not kind to weakness nor should it be. We have abandoned our roots and embraced and tolerated defects of all sorts. This will be the end of our species if we don't change course.
Lisa's 2bits You miss the point here. If you read and discerned my comment then you would understand that nature does not deal or tolerate weakness. Nature in time will deal with that in its own accord. What I am saying is that we as an allegedly civilized society have seen fit to fend for the weak and defective as if it benefits us. It does not! It will bankrupt us both morally, materially and culturally if we don't adopt some fail safe standard. Your child does not weaken us. The act of preservation does.
I don't expect you to understand the philosophy behind it. All I'm saying here is the 90% + who prenatally abort because of DS diagnoses are making the correct decision. Its the choice of the parents to make this decision as it should be, but lets not pretend that bringing these children into the world adds benefits to us. It does not.
I generally don't acknowledge these posts, but someone gave me a free soapbox to stand on, and today I am feeling generous enough to climb on up! Rob, I don't expect you to change your opinion because you can't possibly understand what I am about to say. You don't know the joys we do. I am a beer drinking, quad riding, gun shooting, vulgar, construction worker of an asshole that happened to be blessed with Alexi as my first born child. I didn't ask for her to be born this way, but knowing what I know now, I wouldn't trade a minute of this journey for any other. She has shown me patience, a virtue I was never fortunate enough to have before. She has shown me compassion that I never knew, something that you can not understand until you know what it is to watch someone work so hard to achieve goals. Which leads me to her determination. Alexi is now 5 years old and in Kindergarten and is younger than many of the typical kids in her classroom. She is learning with them and teaching them compassion when she struggles, and teaching them the benefits of hard work when she succeeds. She is an inspiration to many folks we know, to better themselves. When she arrives to her bus stop, the boys that are fighting and running around like crazy men stop and run to her yelling "Alexi" to great her with big bear hugs. Sure, she hasn't landed a high paying job or anything (yet) but she is 5 and done more to better the lives of folks she knows than most can say they've done by the time they are old enough to troll the internet. Oh and all your nature rhetoric has no merit in civilization, it makes sense maybe if you refer to some animals, but not civilized culture. Caring for those who need it is a great part of what separates us from scavengers, it is not a threat to what we may become, it is part of why we have come so far. We are capable of advanced thought and knowledge that together we are stronger. Alexi has many strengths you lack, and if you knew her, she would help you be a bigger asset to the human race. She has shown me the real value in life and the moments that pass, I hope for you that you one day know 1/2 the joy we do. You see, I already KNOW your side, I spent 27 years walking around this planet oblivious to the knowledge I have now. That's the main difference in our opinions, I KNOW both sides of this story and you know only your own. I encourage you to have a great day Rob. And if you still don't get it, no worries, that's the beauty of this country, you are entitled to your opinion, whether there is any validity to it or not.
I, too, also know something about DS kids. I had a niece who was born with DS along with a defective heart and a litany of other health maladies that she suffered along the way of her short life. My sister and brother- in-law knew before she was born that she was going to be a DS baby. They had an opportunity to prenatally abort but chose instead to carry through on bringing the child into this world. You see, life is tough enough on normal children, and being a numbers guy myself and understanding probability, I knew that she would never have any modicum of an autonomous life enjoying its benefits. We all loved her and cared for her. I am too capable of compassion, but I am also a realist. I saw the terrible emotional and financial strain it caused on my sister and brother-in law. In the end, she died of renal failure in a hospital bed with all of us by her side and her mother holding her hand. I'll never forget that day. It wasn't until after her death that I realized that my sister and brother-in-law had such a desire to be parents, since it was their first time, that was all they cared about. I seriously doubt they gave any thought to the quality of that child's life and what it was going to cost them in the end. Hubris works like that. Our pride and ego get in the way of rational thought. The rational thing to do was to prenatally abort and try again. Of course, that is a decision that parents must make and I respect those choices. I can completely understand their desire to be parents, but at what cost? Was it worth it in the end to see your child go through a slow death? My thinking would be of course not. If your child is born normal and dies of a disease, as tragic as that it, its something that can't be helped. But if you knowingly bring forth a baby with DS you are setting yourself up with the odds stacked against you. I know there are differing degrees of DS. Some DS babies grow up and can live relatively autonomous lives into their 40s and 50s, but those are rare cases. I think the greatest love a parent can have is to do what it takes to give their children all the advantages they can have. I want to wish you and your family all the best for the future.