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Update: Mum Seeking Lover For Down’s Son Says Media Sensationalised Story
Don't believe what you read in the papers. I just got off the air from the World Have Your Say BBC radio program with Lucy and Otto Baxter. Lucy is the mum I wrote about yesterday who was reported as desperately seeking a lover for her 21-year-old son with Down's. But according to Lucy herself, the article I was working off had things a bit ske...
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Mum Seeks Lover For Grown Son With Down’s
Raising a child with Down syndrome is no easy thing. It involves doing a lot of things you never expected to do be doing with your life. But even the most well-educated and comfortable parents of the most high-functioning Down's children don't generally go publicly soliciting for lovers for their (grown) kids. Lucy Baxter, a UK mother of four...
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German Doctor With Down Syndrome son granted residency – finally!
A few weeks ago we brought you the story of German Doctor Bernhard Moeller, who was facing deportation from Australi after the immigration department denied his application for permanent residency because of the care requirements of his teenage son, who has Down synrome. Although there was great support for his cause, the family was dealt another...
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German Doctor Denied Residency Due to Down Syndrome Son
A migrant doctor and his family are being forced to leave Australia, despite a shortage of doctors in rural areas, because his son has Down syndrome. Sound implausible? Dr Bernhard Moeller answered a call from the Federal Government , and moved from Germany to become the small Victorian town of Horsham to become the community's only permanent spe...
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Choosing (a) Life
The radiologist's skin shone with perspiration in the blue light of the ultrasound monitor. He moved the sensor over my rounded belly and stared at the image on the screen, at a glare or spot of light that looked, to me, like a star on the baby's heart. Even I knew it wasn't supposed to be there. "The results from your blood test screening — a...
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What Do Special-Needs Kids Actually Need?
At the Republican National Convention, Sarah Palin promised "the parents of special-needs children all across this country" that, if elected vice-president, she would be their advocate. Since this is an issue that has not come up in any other presidential election, many Americans don't know what Palin's promise entails. What exactly, Slate asks, d...
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