Why do We Keep Punishing People With Special Needs and Their Families?
I’m not a health policy expert or a lawyer. I’m just a mother. But I’m a mother who happens to have two children with Down syndrome and knows and understands …
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From the Mother’s Perspective: Life as a Couple When Raising Children with Special Needs
Lea en español, aquí, Every time people learn of my divorced status as the mother of two children with Down syndrome, they immediately assume my marital failure is due to …
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Children with Disability Don’t Need to Belong to A Foreign World to Be Loved
Lea en español, aquí, We love our children simply because they’re ours. We love the ones we love because we have a special connection with them that makes us feel …
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I Love Her Even Though She’s Not An Angel
She was born on February 26 of 2007, almost 10 years ago. As an experienced mother of an older child with Down syndrome, when the nurse placed her in my …
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