I was always in the camp of getting an abortion if I found out the foetus had Down syndrome. However, after watching this BBC documentary I don’t think I could ever do that now.
Wonderful people.
I can’t recommend watching highly enough.
I remember watching that when it was originally broadcast. Lovely, moving documentary. Years ago, I lived next door to a family who had a Downs Syndrome kid. She was really sweet and her parents were lovely (her sister was a standard non-Downs teen thoufhfrom what I could tell). Her dad was a fireman who'd sometimes bring his engine home overnight (which may not have been legal, I guess).
My other memory is that there's a Downs lad who works in Cambridge M&S. Three or four years ago, I was in there buying stuff including a bottle of wine and he challenged me on my age and insisted on ID. I'm almost 49 so must have been 45 or 46 then. The old woman behind me (looked about 75 to me so about 30 to the lad on the till) told him that she was sure I was old enough and everything went swimmingly from then aside from one or two too many apologies and a handshake. Anyway, lovely lad...