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You totally missed the point of his post. This isn't about living in some state of angst. This is about accepting reality and not maintaining [potentially harm

You totally missed the point of his post. This isn't about living in some state of angst. This is about accepting reality and not maintaining [potentially harmful] delusions about disability to avoid strife. There are some unpleasant parts of life that we yet cannot change. How one feels about them, regretful or not, is another matter; but ignoring reality is a poor decision in any case.

DanBC 8y ago
They're not harmful delusions. By far the biggest harm caused to people with downs is that caused by other people. People with downs can lead rich and rewarding lives, and facists should stop pushing a genocidal agenda against people with disabilities.
- PavlovsCat 8y ago
  > People with downs can lead rich and rewarding lives Anyone who visits or is in Berlin and likes their theater wild and creative, these people rock so much: https://rambazamba-theater.de/ https://rambazamba-theater.de/ https://rambazamba-theater.de/programm/ https://rambazamba-theater.de/programm/ I went there with a kind of patronizing attitude, like, I was prepared to clap politely... but I left feeling very alive and utterly impressed. I know such examples are not representative of the full spectrum of people living with that condition, of course not, but for what it's worth (and that's a lot, to me personally) that theater didn't blow my mind because "it was pretty good for people with Downs syndrome", but because of what they did, because of what it was in and of itself.
- fromthestart 8y ago
  >By far the biggest harm caused to people with downs is that caused by other people. >The average IQ of a young adult with Down syndrome is 50, equivalent to the mental ability of an 8- or 9-year-old child, but this can vary widely Are you sure about that? You want to tell me that trying to live as an adult with the cognitive capacity of a child is difficult because of other people? Facist? Genocide? What are you smoking? Is it just me, or has a mass hysteria taken over the modern West?
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DanBC 8y ago

They're not harmful delusions. By far the biggest harm caused to people with downs is that caused by other people. People with downs can lead rich and rewarding lives, and facists should stop pushing a genocidal agenda against people with disabilities.

PavlovsCat 8y ago
> People with downs can lead rich and rewarding lives Anyone who visits or is in Berlin and likes their theater wild and creative, these people rock so much: https://rambazamba-theater.de/ https://rambazamba-theater.de/ https://rambazamba-theater.de/programm/ https://rambazamba-theater.de/programm/ I went there with a kind of patronizing attitude, like, I was prepared to clap politely... but I left feeling very alive and utterly impressed. I know such examples are not representative of the full spectrum of people living with that condition, of course not, but for what it's worth (and that's a lot, to me personally) that theater didn't blow my mind because "it was pretty good for people with Downs syndrome", but because of what they did, because of what it was in and of itself.
fromthestart 8y ago
>By far the biggest harm caused to people with downs is that caused by other people. >The average IQ of a young adult with Down syndrome is 50, equivalent to the mental ability of an 8- or 9-year-old child, but this can vary widely Are you sure about that? You want to tell me that trying to live as an adult with the cognitive capacity of a child is difficult because of other people? Facist? Genocide? What are you smoking? Is it just me, or has a mass hysteria taken over the modern West?

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