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'Normal' people have not exactly covered themselves in glory in how they have been running the world lately. It's just possible that Down's Syndrome people have
by mkarliner 4y ago
'Normal' people have not exactly covered themselves in glory in how they have been running the world lately. It's just possible that Down's Syndrome people have got it right and we are the abnormal ones.
- vnchr 4y agoIf you truly believed that, you’d choose to have Down’s Syndrome given the opportunity. Somehow, I doubt your commitment to that platitude.
- ralusek 4y agoYou would've been really cool when I was 14.
- type0 4y ago> and we are the abnormal ones. Speak for yourself, Down Syndrome isn't just a cognitive or genetic condition, they have a lot of physiological problems where the organs malfunction, hence the usual premature deaths and suffering.
- DanBC 4y agoLeDeR tells us that premature death is overwhelmingly from poor access to healthcare and substandard healthcare when it is accessed, and it not an intrinsic feature of Down's.
- type0 4y agoNo, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26578241/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26578241/
- DanBC 4y agoThat doesn't rebut my point in anyway. Please address the findings of LeDeR.
- mortehu 4y agoIf you demand a rigorous criticism, at least name the study you're referencing.
- selectodude 4y agoThere's nothing in there about premature death. In fact, less than half of down syndrome births even had the most common congenital defect.