down syndrome acceptance – Stories of Wil, my son, who has Down syndrome

The Giggle Creator

Wil was just giggling to a tv show. Now he squished himself next to me in the Lazy-boy, as I was reading quietly, and started

“The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn. We are filled with popular wisdom of several

At a social function a man said to me that he felt sorry for people who had children with Down syndrome. How hard it must

Wil’s paraprofessional, Kristi, told me how Wil — of his own will — went to the closet in gym class, pulled out two baskets and

In embracing our vulnerable population we embrace our own vulnerabilities. We crave Love. Love is the base of all things. Love is survival. We crave,

Down syndrome is not all of him — it is a very real part of him to not only be accepted, but also embraced to

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