08-02-2012, 09:59 AM
Not entirely correct. People with disabilities, like the rest of us, come in all shapes and sizes and functioning levels, and a great many operate with full knowledge that they lack some key aspect to make them "normal." They hear what is said about them, both from insensitive mockers to the well-meaning infantilizers.
What IS different about DD people is that almost never see one wasting his or her limited gifts. They don't get much to work with, but what they do get they use to the fullest. There is something almost instinctive about the way DD folks go about surviving, it's both fascinating and sometimes inspiring. I would be hard pressed to find a DD person, especially Downs, who thought of themselves as a sufferer.
What IS different about DD people is that almost never see one wasting his or her limited gifts. They don't get much to work with, but what they do get they use to the fullest. There is something almost instinctive about the way DD folks go about surviving, it's both fascinating and sometimes inspiring. I would be hard pressed to find a DD person, especially Downs, who thought of themselves as a sufferer.