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My uncle has special needs and cannot care for himself. However, I have a completely opposite view than the poster above.  A "special needs" person is still capable of giving and receiving love.  My Uncle has taught me alot about appreciating people regardless of their disabilities.  I also think having him in my life has made me a more compassionate person.  I would never submit to genetic testing, much less abort a pregnancy over the results.  The way I look at it, [b]everything happens for a reason and having a special needs child isn't the end of the World.  Imagine if you were in an accident that resulted in you being physically or mentally handicapped, would you want your loved ones to give up on you?[/b]
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I am the first responder who posted saying she had an abortion. To address the bolded part of what you said, I don't agree that everything happens for a reason. That implies that everything is a part of god's master plan. But I don't agree with that. Sometimes shit just happens. Having a special needs child would be the end of (not to get all REM on you) the world as we know it. That was part of what went into our decision - the lifestyle DH and I discussed wanting and how we planned to incorporate our children into that. How we would be able to incorporate a special needs child into that, and what our lifestyle would be with a special needs child. Now sure, tomorrow we could wake up and find out our DS has developed severe autism overnight. Or I could get hit by a car tomorrow and become a vegetable. We'd deal with that. But we had an option with a fetus, and we used it. Isn't that what options are for? [/quote]

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