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[quote]Franny has mosaic DS which is a milder form of DS. I don't know when she received her diagnosis but I got the impression from the article that it wasn't obvious. (I am assuming that she was genetically tested for this at some point). She also has scoliosis which she is on pain meds for and I would imagine that might limit her ability to work. Not enough details there...

Well there are pictures of her in the article, and she looks pretty upright and able to stand to me. I have double scoliosis (shaped like an S) with a 45 degree curve, and I must wear a large lift in my right shoe to help it align so I can walk, sit, drive a car, etc. I work.

Being on opioids is drugging her. It's wrong. The country is in an opiod crisis. How is pumping this woman full of highly addictive pills ethical? Because in one breath her mother says Franny can't be organized and has the mental capacity of a 13 year old and in another she allows her to get pregnant multiple times and feeds her probably oxy. Franny needs parenting classes, an IUD, an education, a social worker, a physical therapist to help with her back, and some friends.

[b]Mosaic DS often isn't diagnosed until much later in life because most do not have the typical hallmark facial features of downs, so in the face they don't resemble someone with downs[/b]. You can see that in the picture she falls in that category.

I suspect PP is the same poster all in support of the grandmother and what this family is doing. Instead, why don't you focus your energy on how Franny and her children could be helped.   
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 Not true. Down Syndrome, no matter the type, is diagnosed at birth. All people with DS have some hypotonia and a certain "look," regardless of whether they have mosiacism. She definitely has the look in the picture.

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