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Hi,

For what it's worth, I felt labels were a pain in the neck too. I didn't

want to know if the boys were MR or GT, all I wanted to know is can they

learn and are we making progress. I also wanted the boys to have more

signing in school, but that is another issue. & are basically

non-verbal, so when tested, they came out with IQ scores all over the place,

but the concept was they were in the 60 range. Not bad. When I asked if we

had to label them as MR, I was told no, but it opens more doors to more

services now and as the boy's age and eventually leave home??? If such a

thing will happen. For that reason only, I agreed to the MR label.

However, I never think of them as anything other than identical's with

Down's

Hope this helps some.

Sandy

Mom to 19, 17, Barry 15, Robbie 10, , (ds) &

(ds) almost 6!!! Feb 14th.