Tag: discrimination
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Down Syndrome and Abortion
Many of you might have heard about the couple who announced on social media that they were going to abort their four or five-month-old baby after learning the baby had Down syndrome. (I have read it was five-month-old, but Ridgway used four-month-old in video.) This is a conversation they had prior to receiving the test…
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Down Syndrome Awareness Month
I started to write this post and had to completely delete everything I wrote. This is the second time I had to delete everything I wrote and had to rewrite it. “Why?” A couple of reasons. It is because sometimes the truth is bittersweet and is hard to share. The second reason is because it…
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As Mom of a Child with Down Syndrome
Nothing better than when you get home from work and your little man gives you the best hug. I can’t believe I have been Oliver’s mom for seven years (8 in April). It is going by so fast. I would be lying if I said it has been easy. I will say that it has…