re: essay on poster contest /P.S. about language

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P.S. I

just wanted to tell you that in every instance in the original essay I submitted,

I referred to “children with Down syndrome”, not “Down

syndrome children” - the editor changed some because he said it

made for grammatically awkward sentences. I tried to explain the

difference, but unfortunately he didn’t change them back. I know it’s

not a huge big deal, but for those of you who are sensitive to language, I just

wanted to let you know I tried!

From: O'Callaghan

Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:26 AM

To: 'DownSyndromeInfoExchange '

Subject: essay on poster contest

I just wanted to share an essay I wrote about the poster

contest that was published in an online journal called “The Catholic

Thing” – My son (Tommy- 2 yrs) wasn’t involved in the

contest, but like many of you, I was so heartbroken by looking at the altered

photos that I needed to write something to express the pain this

caused:

http://www.thecatholicthing.org/

O’C.