Comments on: Writer: ‘I am thankful for my son’s face’ http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/03/03/writer-i-am-thankful-for-my-sons-face/ Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:21:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nicole http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/03/03/writer-i-am-thankful-for-my-sons-face/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Nicole Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:06:37 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/03/03/writer-i-am-thankful-for-my-sons-face/#comment-668 I love your thoughts Gail. It's funny but when we found out prenatally that our daughter would have T21, I prayed that she WOULD have the facial characteristics and that she would be beautiful. She does and she is! Our pediatrician at the time had a son who too has T21 and he had none of the physical characteristics. He shared with us that people were harder on him than he thought they would be if his face clearly showed his diagnosis. I listened to his wisdom and my prayers came from that place. To me it is no different than being able to look at people who are Asian, African, or Hispanic and see beauty. I see true beauty in so many of our family members who have that extra 21st chromosome! :) I love your thoughts Gail. It’s funny but when we found out prenatally that our daughter would have T21, I prayed that she WOULD have the facial characteristics and that she would be beautiful. She does and she is!

Our pediatrician at the time had a son who too has T21 and he had none of the physical characteristics. He shared with us that people were harder on him than he thought they would be if his face clearly showed his diagnosis. I listened to his wisdom and my prayers came from that place.

To me it is no different than being able to look at people who are Asian, African, or Hispanic and see beauty. I see true beauty in so many of our family members who have that extra 21st chromosome! :)

]]> By: Ed http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/03/03/writer-i-am-thankful-for-my-sons-face/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Ed Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:34:32 +0000 http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2008/03/03/writer-i-am-thankful-for-my-sons-face/#comment-659 Thanks for a lovely, thoughtful piece. Blair Williamson made a very profound point when he told a high school class that any of them could have been born with Down syndrome. The reality is that we will each have a disability sooner or later. The subject of disabilities is not about "them"; it's about us. Thanks for a lovely, thoughtful piece. Blair Williamson made a very profound point when he told a high school class that any of them could have been born with Down syndrome. The reality is that we will each have a disability sooner or later. The subject of disabilities is not about “them”; it’s about us.

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