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[quote=Anonymous] [quote]Try looking at your own post through the lens that you are speaking to moms of disabled kids, not through a bullhorn or to students. I was not speaking to moms of disabled kids, PP. I was speaking to the mom of a nondisabled child who was asking what to tell her daughter about the child with Down Syndrome. [b] If you say someone with Down Syndrome is "weak" but your own nondisabled child is "strong," you're being paternalistic, and paternalism is the opposite of self-determination[/b]. [/quote] Perhaps, but by being a scold, PP, you might win the battle, but lose the war. Our purpose needs to be to make the world a better place for people with disabilities, not to alienate others.[/quote]
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