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Why I Want You to See My Child's Disability

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This is something that has been on my mind for a while. Trying to articulate my thoughts has been tough. As a community, a phrase we use very often is “more alike than different.” We want the world to know that a person with a disability has far more in common with a typical person than not.

Ivy may have an extra chromosome, but she laughs and cries. She adores her family and her doggies. She loves to swing and splash in the bath.

Her similarities vastly outweigh her differences. But here’s the thing. People will say to me “Ivy doesn’t even look like she has Down syndrome.” They think they are paying me a compliment; that I don’t want them to notice that Ivy has features of Down syndrome.

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