(January 22, 2017 at 12:21 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Newborns and ppl with mental retardation such as Down Syndrome or anything of the like, don't have "minds like ourselves" either.
As a mother of a child with Down syndrome, I find this highly offensive for you to make such a generalized assumption about people with DS. So allow me to educate you on that which you are ignorant of.
Just like ASD, people (and, yes, they are people first) with DS have all different levels of intelligence. Many hold down jobs. Some get married. Some are capable of driving cars. Many can live independently or with minimal assistance. In the US, all have the right to go to school and receive the SAME level of education as any other American.
I know of a married couple, both with DS, who have very supportive families. Both are members of a DS group that I belong to. The husband and wife both work and they live on their own.
Please think about that and the fact that they are intelligent before you decide to generalize all people with DS. They aren't as inferior as people stereotype them and placing a ceiling on their intelligence only places a ceiling on your own.
Disclaimer: I am only responsible for what I say, not what you choose to understand.
