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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only thing that would give me pause is that Downs is almost non existent in Scandinavia. Iceland being the most extreme. You may have people questioning your choices in uncomfortable ways and fewer professionals with experience. But hopefully such occurrences would be rare and balanced by the otherwise accepting environment.

I would go for it since it is temporary and you wouldn’t be giving up a job to do it, but try to connect with some special needs locals if possible [/quote]

Op here. I know Down syndrome is less common in Scandinavia but Scandinavia is also not a panacea. There are countries in Scandinavia where kids with Down syndrome are more common than others-the rates vary.

Regardless, among my peer group (educated, relatively non-religious American women with careers who had kids in 20s/30s), and with the rise of NIPTs, kids with Down syndrome are already extremely rare in the US. I’ve already found some families in our target country with kids who have SN.

I tend to think the US is probably the best place to educate and raise kids with SN, but I’ve concluded the target country is at least adequate in this regard. Not equivalent, potentially not quite as good as the US, but I think good enough.

But yeah, it’s one of the considerations-I’m taking my family on this journey knowing there will be consequences for them that I cannot anticipate or know in advance. Of course there could be advantages and adventures too, but I can’t know how the math will work out. Will the travel and family adventures be enough to offset the reduction in services and the disruption to providers, school, friends, etc.? I don’t know. It’s heavy.[/quote]

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