Re: HELP I am going to be interviewed!

[Guest guest]

Cool! Mention the 90% abortion rate for prenatal diagnosis…that

usually shocks people. I got interviewed a couple of weeks ago by a reporter

from our local paper for a story about our Buddy Walk and our support group,

and when I mentioned the 90% rate, he was speechless…I don’t think he really

believed me;-) but when the story came out, he wrote.. ‘according to many

websites, the abortion rate is 90%’...so he apparently looked it up as well,

which was good…and then went on to quote parents in the story to support our

assertion that life was not grim like we thought it would be, and we felt very

blessed to have our kids. The only thing that I wish I had mentioned and didn’t

was that there is a waiting list for families who want to adopt children with

Ds.

I attached our article so you can take a look if you are

interested (and yes, so you can see the picture of Danny again;-)

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[mailto:DownSyndromeInfoExchange ] On Behalf Of

Carlson

Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:53 AM

To: Carlson, ; DownSyndromeInfoExchange ; tiffany c

Subject: [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] HELP I am going to be interviewed!

LSShort-

my parents had their 50th anniversary.. and got interviewed by our local

diocesan paper.

In

their interview they mentioned me.. and of course my DH and kids. Esp.

.

Well

now the lady wants to interview *me* regarding Mothering/parenting a child with

Down syndrome, Pro Life, Palin and etc etc.

(

October is pro life month).

Anyone

want to add anything?

Steph

_._,___

[Guest guest]

WOW!!! What a great opportunity and you are gonna do great!!Since it's a Catholic publication, you may want to bring up how important it is to include people with DD into the church, including school. :-) Timely considering some of our latest discussions regarding private christian schools not wanting to accept our children into their classrooms. Carol in ILMom to , 8 DS My problem is not how I look. It's how you see me.VOTE NOBAMA '08Join our Down Syndrome information group - http://health. groups.yahoo. com/group/ DownSyndromeInfo Exchange/ Listen to oldest dd's music http://www.myspace. com/vennamusic [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] HELP I am going to be interviewed!

LSShort- my parents had their 50th anniversary. . and got interviewed by our local diocesan paper.

In their interview they mentioned me.. and of course my DH and kids. Esp. .

Well now the lady wants to interview *me* regarding Mothering/parenting a child with Down syndrome, Pro Life, Palin and etc etc.

( October is pro life month).

Anyone want to add anything?

Steph

[Guest guest]

That is a great idea! It has always really bugged me that kids

w/disabilities are often discriminated against by the very people that you

would think would be the most accepting.

KathyR

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[mailto:DownSyndromeInfoExchange ] On Behalf Of Carol in

IL

Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:06 PM

To: DownSyndromeInfoExchange

Subject: Re: [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] HELP I am going to be

interviewed!

WOW!!! What a great opportunity and you are

gonna do great!!

Since it's a Catholic publication, you may want to bring up how important it is

to include people with DD into the church, including school. :-) Timely considering

some of our latest discussions regarding private christian schools not wanting

to accept our children into their classrooms.

Carol

in IL

Mom to , 8 DS

My problem is not how I look. It's how you see me.

VOTE NOBAMA '08

Join our Down Syndrome information group -

http://health. groups.yahoo. com/group/ DownSyndromeInfo Exchange/

Listen to oldest dd's music http://www.myspace. com/vennamusic

[DownSyndromeInfoExchange] HELP I am going to be interviewed!

LSShort-

my parents had their 50th anniversary. . and got interviewed by our local

diocesan paper.

In

their interview they mentioned me.. and of course my DH and kids. Esp.

.

Well

now the lady wants to interview *me* regarding Mothering/parenting a child with

Down syndrome, Pro Life, Palin and etc etc.

(

October is pro life month).

Anyone

want to add anything?

Steph

[Guest guest]

I will add that waiting list thing to my interview. I agree.. I don;'t think the average bear knows that that wait list is there.

Thanks.. and I never get tired of looking at Danny

Steph

[DownSyndromeInfoExchange] HELP I am going to be interviewed!

LSShort- my parents had their 50th anniversary.. and got interviewed by our local diocesan paper.

In their interview they mentioned me.. and of course my DH and kids. Esp. .

Well now the lady wants to interview *me* regarding Mothering/parenting a child with Down syndrome, Pro Life, Palin and etc etc.

( October is pro life month).

Anyone want to add anything?

Steph

_._,___

[Guest guest]

Amen... that is also on my list.

That Makes me so mad! Blue ribbon schools are fine and dandy.. but I found it ironic that the Catholic Elementary school I attended.. a blue ribbon.. had NO kids in it with delays of any type.. AND... Ironically.. it had the " let the children come unto me" engraved in stone above the entrance. Course that was in the late 70's.. but still. I am sure it has not changed.

My local will not accept any children even with a simple learning issue like Dyslexia.

I think its totally SINFUL. Money my arse.. they can pump it into gyms.. grr

Steph

[DownSyndromeInfoExchange] HELP I am going to be interviewed!

LSShort- my parents had their 50th anniversary. . and got interviewed by our local diocesan paper.

In their interview they mentioned me.. and of course my DH and kids. Esp. .

Well now the lady wants to interview *me* regarding Mothering/parenting a child with Down syndrome, Pro Life, Palin and etc etc.

( October is pro life month).

Anyone want to add anything?

Steph

[Guest guest]

I second that AMen...There is an effort by a few to try to get

funding for Catholic schools to accept children with special needs

but it doesn't seem to be going very far. To me- it is taking

the " pro-life " message to its fullest extent....welcoming our kids

in Catholic schools and providing for them a Catholic education.

This was our topic of conversation last night at the dinner table.

I agree wholeheartedly with Sen Brownback when he says we should not

only be pro-life but " whole-life " .

Good luck, I just did the same and made sure that before they

publish it that I had to see the final draft and have editing

priviledges on my own words.

Ann

>

> Amen... that is also on my list.

> That Makes me so mad! Blue ribbon schools are fine and dandy.. but

I found it ironic that the Catholic Elementary school I attended.. a

blue ribbon.. had NO kids in it with delays of any type.. AND...

Ironically.. it had the " let the children come unto me " engraved in

stone above the entrance. Course that was in the late 70's.. but

still. I am sure it has not changed.

>

> My local will not accept any children even with a simple learning

issue like Dyslexia.

> I think its totally SINFUL. Money my arse.. they can pump it into

gyms.. grr

> Steph

> [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] HELP I am going to be

interviewed!

>

>

>

> LSShort- my parents had their 50th anniversary. . and got

interviewed by our local diocesan paper.

> In their interview they mentioned me.. and of course my DH and

kids. Esp. .

>

> Well now the lady wants to interview *me* regarding

Mothering/parenting a child with Down syndrome, Pro Life,

Palin and etc etc.

> ( October is pro life month).

>

> Anyone want to add anything?

>

> Steph

>

[Guest guest]

this is exactly why we had to move - we planned to send our kids to Catholic school until was born with Ds - then we had to move to a better school district since he would need to be in public school. I second that AMen...There is an effort by a few to try to get funding for Catholic schools to accept children with special needs but it doesn't seem to be going very far. To me- it is taking the " pro-life " message to its fullest extent....welcoming our kids in Catholic schools and providing for them a Catholic education. This was our topic of conversation last night at the dinner table. I agree wholeheartedly with Sen Brownback when he says we should not only be pro-life but " whole-life " . Good luck, I just did the same and made sure that before they publish it that I had to see the final draft and have editing priviledges on my own words. Ann > > Amen... that is also on my list. > That Makes me so mad! Blue ribbon schools are fine and dandy.. but I found it ironic that the Catholic Elementary school I attended.. a blue ribbon.. had NO kids in it with delays of any type.. AND... Ironically.. it had the " let the children come unto me " engraved in stone above the entrance. Course that was in the late 70's.. but still. I am sure it has not changed. > > My local will not accept any children even with a simple learning issue like Dyslexia. > I think its totally SINFUL. Money my arse.. they can pump it into gyms.. grr > Steph > [DownSyndromeInfoEx change] HELP I am going to be interviewed! > > > > LSShort- my parents had their 50th anniversary. . and got interviewed by our local diocesan paper. > In their interview they mentioned me.. and of course my DH and kids. Esp. . > > Well now the lady wants to interview *me* regarding Mothering/parenting a child with Down syndrome, Pro Life, Palin and etc etc. > ( October is pro life month). > > Anyone want to add anything? > > Steph >

[Guest guest]

My daughter, Isabella, attended a local Catholic school here....the

school is preschool through college. They had no reservations about

taking her in preschool and there was another boy in her class also who

was quite delayed in speech.

In addition, another Catholic grade school (k-8) has been more than

willing to take on special needs children. There is a boy we have been

friends with for years who is on the autistic spectrum who has been

enrolled there since K and is now in 8th grade this year. Next year he

will be going to the high school where Isabella went to preschool. I can

not tell you how many other special needs children there are enrolled,

but the administration was more than willing to work with the parents of

this boy.

Sometimes I believe we as parents need to be willing to speak to the

administration and get them to work with us (become partners). Since I

home school all of my children this has not been an issue for me; but if

I didn't home school I would be speaking to these schools and trying to

work with the teachers to make that environment work for Isabella.

Caroline

Tutwiler wrote:

> this is exactly why we had to move - we planned to send our kids to

> Catholic school until was born with Ds - then we had to move to a

> .

>

>

[Guest guest]

Same as others have said, acceptance into the church and school. Our Catholic school will accept mild disabilities, if you're already a member. They had a child in a wheelchair, don't know if she is still there, but her intelligence was close to average.

Our Lutheran school that our 2 older kids attended refused to enroll Faith even in preschool and we left that church.

Mainline denominations don't seem very accepting of differences.

ette

mom to Faith (11)DS

-------------- Original message from " Carlson" : --------------

LSShort- my parents had their 50th anniversary.. and got interviewed by our local diocesan paper.

In their interview they mentioned me.. and of course my DH and kids. Esp. .

Well now the lady wants to interview *me* regarding Mothering/parenting a child with Down syndrome, Pro Life, Palin and etc etc.

( October is pro life month).

Anyone want to add anything?

Steph

[Guest guest]

> My daughter, Isabella, attended a local Catholic school here....the

> school is preschool through college. They had no reservations about

> taking her in preschool and there was another boy in her class also

who

> was quite delayed in speech.

Caroline,

That is great!! Where do you live?

There is a self-advocate, Gaffney, who also attended Catholic

school. She graduated with a full high school diploma and went on to

obtain an associate's degree and a certificate to be a teacher's aide.

I think it depends on where you live. Here in northern NJ, my

daughter attends the local public school, but spends most of her time

in a self-contained class. From what I've heard, she's the VERY FIRST

person with DS to attend this school.

When I went to enroll Theresa in religious ed last year (what we used

to call CCD), the director told me she was going to be the first

child with DS in that program, too!!

I tell people that Theresa will be receiving her First Communion this

year and they all seem very surprised. I HOPE that's because she's so

small and they assume she's about 4 or 5 years old and not 7 1/2.

It will be interesting when we attend mass at other parishes and my

peanut goes up to rightfully receive communion!! I'll have to stay

behind her to indicate that Theresa can rightfully receive it!

Debbie I. (NJ)

[Guest guest]

Debbie,

You are so right about , I forgot about her. I will remember

that example when I go to my local Catholic school to ask for my

daughter to attend.

Also congratulations on your daughter's first communion that it

really special.

Ann

>

>

> > My daughter, Isabella, attended a local Catholic school

here....the

> > school is preschool through college. They had no reservations

about

> > taking her in preschool and there was another boy in her class

also

> who

> > was quite delayed in speech.

>

> Caroline,

>

> That is great!! Where do you live?

>

> There is a self-advocate, Gaffney, who also attended

Catholic

> school. She graduated with a full high school diploma and went on

to

> obtain an associate's degree and a certificate to be a teacher's

aide.

>

> I think it depends on where you live. Here in northern NJ, my

> daughter attends the local public school, but spends most of her

time

> in a self-contained class. From what I've heard, she's the VERY

FIRST

> person with DS to attend this school.

>

> When I went to enroll Theresa in religious ed last year (what we

used

> to call CCD), the director told me she was going to be the first

> child with DS in that program, too!!

>

> I tell people that Theresa will be receiving her First Communion

this

> year and they all seem very surprised. I HOPE that's because she's

so

> small and they assume she's about 4 or 5 years old and not 7

1/2.

>

> It will be interesting when we attend mass at other parishes and

my

> peanut goes up to rightfully receive communion!! I'll have to stay

> behind her to indicate that Theresa can rightfully receive it!

>

> Debbie I. (NJ)

>

[Guest guest]

Debbie,

You are so right about , I forgot about her. I will remember

that example when I go to my local Catholic school to ask for my

daughter to attend.

Also congratulations on your daughter's first communion that it

really special.

Ann

>

>

> > My daughter, Isabella, attended a local Catholic school

here....the

> > school is preschool through college. They had no reservations

about

> > taking her in preschool and there was another boy in her class

also

> who

> > was quite delayed in speech.

>

> Caroline,

>

> That is great!! Where do you live?

>

> There is a self-advocate, Gaffney, who also attended

Catholic

> school. She graduated with a full high school diploma and went on

to

> obtain an associate's degree and a certificate to be a teacher's

aide.

>

> I think it depends on where you live. Here in northern NJ, my

> daughter attends the local public school, but spends most of her

time

> in a self-contained class. From what I've heard, she's the VERY

FIRST

> person with DS to attend this school.

>

> When I went to enroll Theresa in religious ed last year (what we

used

> to call CCD), the director told me she was going to be the first

> child with DS in that program, too!!

>

> I tell people that Theresa will be receiving her First Communion

this

> year and they all seem very surprised. I HOPE that's because she's

so

> small and they assume she's about 4 or 5 years old and not 7

1/2.

>

> It will be interesting when we attend mass at other parishes and

my

> peanut goes up to rightfully receive communion!! I'll have to stay

> behind her to indicate that Theresa can rightfully receive it!

>

> Debbie I. (NJ)

>