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Comment on Reconsidering “the r word” by In defence of Simple Jack « Welcome to Illinois

In defence of Simple Jack « Welcome to Illinois — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:25:46 +0000

[...] » Amid the furore against Tropic Thunder and the film-within-a-film Simple Jack last year I maintained that “the protesters against Tropic Thunder appear to be either misunderstanding or willfully [...]

Comment on The latest Down’s syndrome statistics from England and Wales by NHS figures on Down’s-related terminations are “wholly inaccurate” « Welcome to Illinois

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:58:10 +0000

[...] the NHS’s figures only relate to abortion forms. The issues is significant since, as I noted earlier this year, the NDSCR’s funding is due to expire in March next [...]

Comment on JFK and the National Plan to Combat Mental Retardation by starrlife

starrlife — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:49:14 +0000

Come by and see my last post- about Tim Shriver and the Special Olympics!

Comment on UK press wakes up to Down’s syndrome statistics by Human beings not capable of deciding whether to continue with the pregnancy of their unborn child based on statistics and percentages « Welcome to Illinois

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:42:20 +0000

[...] The UK’s coverage of Down’s syndrome screening and statistics continues following the publication of a report in the [...]

Comment on UK press wakes up to Down’s syndrome statistics by The latest Down’s syndrome statistics from England and Wales « Welcome to Illinois

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:15:52 +0000

[...] – The mainstream press picked up on these statistics six months later – [...]

Comment on The latest Down’s syndrome statistics from England and Wales by UK press wakes up to Down’s syndrome statistics « Welcome to Illinois

UK press wakes up to Down’s syndrome statistics « Welcome to Illinois — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:16:09 +0000

[...] a comment » Back in April I reported on the latest statistics on Down’s syndrome births in England and Wales from the UK’s [...]

Comment on The burden of Down’s syndrome by Nick McGivney

Nick McGivney — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:09:05 +0000

The danger, as always with the half-baked and apparently intelligent, is that some other halfwit will give them a soapbox from which they can spread idiocy to a whole phalanx of idiotness that’s just out there waiting to be miseducated. Dr Amy Halfbake here seems fairly typical of the type. Last Christmas I had the wonderful opportunity to write about her spiritual sister, Minette Marin, who only has a soapbox the size of The Times of London to embarrass herself from. But still, like attracts like, and sure enough her commenters always include the righteous ‘Well said, Marin, needed saying’ type of insufferable nonsense.
I wrote about it here and I must say, I thoroughly recommend blasting idiots from the clock tower of a blog as a wonderful therapy: http://downsdad.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/another-idiot-with-a-column/

Comment on The burden of Down’s syndrome by starrlife

starrlife — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:42:39 +0000

It was silly and rather intellectually challenged of her I have to say! My take on her is that she likes to be provocative for her little piece of bloggy fame! I see those people all over the internet.

Comment on The burden of Down’s syndrome by Lance Boldt

Lance Boldt — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:40:51 +0000

In my 17 years in the community of parents of children with Down syndrome, I’ve only encountered a very few that felt Down syndrome was a burden that wasn’t completely offset by the joys.

These were the profoundly selfish. Fathers that abandoned their families (using Down syndrome as an excuse) and one mother who resented all of her children as burdens.

If feel Dr. Tuteur’s remarks could be translated to say “A child with Down Syndrome would negatively affect my lifestyle. I don’t want one – something must be wrong with you if you want yours. I don’t have one – why should society use my tax dollars to benefit yours.”

Here are some of my thoughts on life with Down syndrome (two sons, one of whom was adopted):

http://tinyurl.com/secretjourney

Comment on The great unasked question in Down’s syndrome screening by The burden of Down’s syndrome « Welcome to Illinois

The burden of Down’s syndrome « Welcome to Illinois — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:41:12 +0000

[...] previously noted that in much of the discussion about Down’s syndrome screening there is an assumption that [...]