This post is about kids with Down Syndrome. I hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, that Down Syndrome is looked at as a “disability.” Mostly because I can never get a straight answer on what a “disability” is and why in a country where we forcibly promote diversity we choose to alienate a population of people who are arguably the most happy and peaceful among us, simply because they have an extra chromosome. WHAT. THE. HELL.? It makes no rational sense. I also realize that I used “hate” a lot in this first paragraph, and most people with Down Syndrome don’t understand what “hate” is because they are perfect.

We’ve deviated the social norm to bend towards those who are defiant of their sexual or physiological anatomy. Why? Because they might still have the cognitive ability to cure cancer? Because they can figure out social media and how to shame anyone who disagrees with them? Why have we not bestowed that same acceptance to an entire population who have the psychological ability to inspire, love, be uninhibitedly joyful. People with Down Syndrome have been documented as being the happiest people in existence. Families who have a member with Down Syndrome have repeatedly expressed the enrichment in their family life by having a member who has this “disability.” Shouldn’t this be a “condition” we are fighting to normalize? Why is this overlooked in todays human’s right crusade? What makes us value a life? Is it not the joy they can expel on others? Is it not innocence that most people affected with Down Syndrome posses? Maybe it’s the fact that they need others to stand up for their rights that makes them most expendable? 90% of children with Down Syndrome are aborted. Why? Because they may need extra help in life. We all need extra help in life. Is it because others in the world might look at those people differently? We as so called “regular” humans have A LOT to learn from people with this condition. I’m so frustrated how everywhere I turn I hear someone screaming at the top of their lungs to accept diversity. However, I never hear anyone screaming about accepting those with this “condition.” Hmmmm. How’s that for compassion and diversity?