Don't OFF your children!

Today's Therapy post is for the month of October. Down Syndrome Awareness month.

I know a lot people who still have the idea that people with disabilities should be wiped from the face of the planet. To eliminate the extra cost of Government provided health care. Or even the idea that the world could be a better place with out these special little angels roaming around it.

I hate to say. So many people are aborting their children because of one very inaccurate testing called the triple screen. I opted out of these with all of my pregnancy's. The first child the Doctor actually asked me if I would abort a child if I knew anything was wrong with it. I said No and the next pregnancy it wasn't even offered. And yes. My son has Down Syndrome. Had I known before he would still be my son like he is today.

He has not been a burden. He has been a great blessing. I see the frustrations of year round tests. Financial difficulties and the inability to make him understand sometimes. Would I change it. No.

It just saddens me that people rely on such a test to determine that the love for their children can not exceed the idea of one extra chromosome.

So please people consider this. Most of the children born with DS is because there was something wrong with you. Not them. So be it the sperm or the egg that was just not quite perfect....No one offed you. Please don't off them.

I love my son. I would do it all again.