/ot/ - off-topic

I know a couple of people with Downs, but they're fine? I mean, of course they're slower than normal people and tend to process emotions in a different way, but they're no sociopaths. I think that a person with Downs can simply have behavioral issues just like the next person… but I'm no expert here

The DS people I've worked with were pleasant and if anything, seemed to have higher empathy than most.

This is kinda like asking people if they find a certain group i.e. women or white people are prone to sociopathy.

DS people are individuals. It sounds like your cousin's actions have less to do with DS and more to do with some co-morbid psychiatric disorder which should probably be looked into.

>>202495
People with mental retardation have a harder time dealing with frustration. How old is 4 years older than you? How functional is he?

>>202495
When I was a kid I used to go to a school with Special Ed and thanks to the integration all classes had to have at least one kid from the program.
We got the Low functioning Autistic kid.
It was hell.

My country has a high number of people with DS and when the people around them (parents, teachers) are properly educated on how to care for them they generally get on fine.

His mother sounds like she raised him badly and that he's affected by negativity from others in his life, such as yourself.

Can't see myself keeping a DS baby if I found out I was pregnant with one though. There are varying degrees of DS but one who was severe would probably be dependant on their parents their whole life and I don't think I could cope with that.

I'm curious as to where the narcissistic accusation (for lack of a better term) came from, OP? Do you know more than one person with DS?

>>202655
As in the accusation of narcissism in people with DS, I wasn't calling anyone narcissistic

>>202655
they know one person so they're asking if anyone else knows people who have both characteristics to see if it's a common combination or not. that's not an accusation, kind of the opposite.

>>202515
Finland?

I have a neighbor with DS and she's used to listen music at full volume and sing with shouts, sometimes she's a little annoying but I can deal with it, actually I have the suspect of she is suffering home violence, her brother is a loud junkie who's doesn't work and her parents are working all day. I want to help her sooo bad bc almost daily she's crying in the window, but people who I tell this say to me that it is not my buisness…I feel bad for her

>>202660
Yes I understand that. I am not sure that killing a pet is a sign of narcissism though so I was wondering why anon used that term and if she could give an example of what she means.

>>202495
Did you tell anyone else about the mouse killing? If so, what did they say?

>>202662
Nope, Ireland. Abortion is illegal under all circumstances so we happen to have a lot of children with all kinds of special needs and disabilites.

>>202798
Oh gotcha. Like why narcissism specifically when narcissism has a specific set of behaviors and isn't just being selfish and vain

>>202817
Yeah exactly

>>202816
Oh, gotcha. It was actually my first guess (fellow potatofag here) but the "I wouldn't keep it" threw me off.

I've been listening to a lot of radio during my commute and Ray D'Arcy talks about it quite a bit/interviews people with disabled children etc. The parents usually have to pay extortionate fees to keep their low-functioning children in a home just to get them out of their hair and the staff are known for tacking on additional expenses onto the already hefty bill. They've interviewed parents of people with autism and DS, they all unanimously say it destroys lives and marriages but muh 'every life is precious' and 'poverty is noble' so actual accounts of people who're going through this don't count.

>>202787
That sounds really depressing. You should realy try to call adult protective services (or CPS depending on her age) and inform them (I think you can do it anonymously).

At the same time, when DS people are taken into care homes they can be vulnerable to abuse. But if you think she is in danger, you should tell someone.

>>202830
What about the 'actual accounts' of families with kids with disabilities, who are happy and coping?

Or do you just choose to exclusively listen to pro euthanasia, mainstream media, depopulation agenda garbage? You sound brainwashed.

>>202954
That happiness may be a lie in the long run.
I used to have an extremely anti abortion Christian aunt that ended caring of her DS son after the husband tailed off.
She would preach her love for the kid at every second, was part of an assotiation of parents with DS children to help them get jobs, saying she was perfectly fine and happy with her life, had a great job and enough money to pay for the treatments and such.
Last year she killed herself, after 20 years of endeavor.
She told no one of her recent struggles and that kid forgot about her already.
Stop being so fucking vain life is not black and white.

>>202954
I live in an aggressively Catholic country where abortion is illegal and the church has a final say on every decision a woman makes about her body, literally HOW is the mainstream media 'brainwashing' me? On top of that it's a fucking radio show like. Hardly mainstream in this day and age. You sound like a troll.

>>202954
Nobody would ever actively want to have a disabled baby. Doesn't mean you won't love the child or anything. Having a severely disabled kid who will literally never be able to care for themselves is extremely stressful and taxing. It can be very damaging, particularly to those with fragile mental health. People who yell about how people who publicly say that they would not want to carry a severely mentally handicapped baby to term are "evil" and want to kill people with disabilities are literal morons.

There's a lady with Down's living in my building, with her very elderly mother.

All she ever does is sit in the park reading books.

Every time I say "hi", she seems surprised.

>>203346
You pretty much just admitted you're pro choice, then denied you've been affected by liberal brainwashing. Lmao.

>>203516
Typical brainwashed liberal vomit, I bet you also voted for Hillary. Next you'll be saying 'slavery is freedom' and 'ignorance is strength'.

>>203516
Abortion is literally eugenics. If you're openly pro abortion then you should openly admit you're pro eugenics too.

Everyone knows abortion disproportionately targets black and disabled babies.

>>203631
>disabled
Good, we need that kind of eugenics. I don't see how anyone with a rational mind would oppose ridding the human species of disabled individuals altogether.
>black
Lower class economically, pregnant more often. More black people aborting doesn't mean less black people all around. Just means black people having better chances to rise from poverty because they don't need to feed twelve babies by the time they're fifteen and can actually get some education and build a career.

But this is bait of course. If you really opposed abortion you'd talk about richer, smarter and more educated people opting out of having kids and aborting if they're preggo while poorer, dumber people are too retarded to realize they shouldn't breed

8/10 Tumblr impersonation, you were obvious but still did such a good job i had to respond

>>203668
>mfw pence and trump defund PP and all thots who get abortions are criminalized

The masses are waking up.

>>202954
These families may appear to be 'happy' and 'coping' but either their child's disability isn't too extreme or they are getting enough outside support to be able to cope, but it still takes a toll and most of these things come at a price.

My sister is severely autistic, low-functioning, non-verbal with some other intellectual disabilities thrown in. My family is solid, but my parents have had to sacrifice much of their life for the past 34 years. I think deep down my parents are very angry, resentful and full of regret about the things that have happened to them and my sister.

It's not easy and coping takes a great deal of strength and willpower to overcome with a lot of anguish. I admire my parents strength and character to have never really faltered in their position, but I do not wish this struggle upon anyone and can understand if people had the choice to abort why they would.

If my parents could have had a diagnosis of my sister in the womb, and knowing what they know now, they probably would have aborted. My sister's quality of life and the trauma she experiences without a voice is just so horrendous to consider.

>>203668
You sound like a miserable edgy fuck. Just because you hate and want to kill yourself doesn't mean you get to advocate killing others. Go get some therapy and learn to stop being such a hate-filled cunt.