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Post by mum2rachel on Apr 7, 2010 8:40:21 GMT
You may have seen this rant on my FB but thought I'd share it here : Yesterday I had an 'interesting' conversation with an aquaintance "Rachel's doing so well" they said, "yes " I replied ." ,She's growing into a lovely little girl now, you'd never know... " - and then off they went down the road .........
What the bloody hell is that suppose to mean that because she has Downs syndrome you suppose she wouldn't be a lovely little girl, that she'd be some dribbling monster or something. Rachel was a lovely baby & Rachel is a lovely little girl & she will be a lovely teenager & woman - what's your problem!!!!
Of course I was too polite to say any of this but I 'm mad as hell that someone could be so narrow minded etc etc . But I think I need to be stronger next time someone says something as it's clear that still people are ill informed & holding old fashioned ideas about DS. OK rant over. xSusan
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Post by sarah on Apr 29, 2010 20:28:37 GMT
I feel the same - I seem to come up with something witty and great to say back AFTER the actual time - guess it always takes us by surprise! (and we are NICE people!!) Although I quite like it when people are 'surprised' by Daniel as it does go some way to breaking those stereotypes... even if the lady was a complete numb nut in what she said (which she was!) hopefully somewhere in the corner of her brain, Rachel has sneaked in there to help her change her ideas... xx
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Post by sarah on Apr 29, 2010 20:31:57 GMT
Oh yeah... when daniel was a few months old and in a little car seat, a lady peered in and said in a lovely sweet voice...'looks like you've been lucky and got a good one'... um yeah, lucky me!!
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Post by lisajg on May 9, 2010 13:20:07 GMT
those kind of comments make me mad, i know what you mean though, i often wonder how is the best way to respond to a comment like that. i wonder if the person that said that to you thought afterwards what a stupid thing to say & felt bad about it, or did they just not realise how ignorant the comment was xx
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Post by karenh on May 10, 2010 9:37:54 GMT
People can be so rude but i guess its just thoughtlessness somethings. ALthough Its the stares that irritate me more
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