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" Down Syndrome: asset or handicap? "

"According to some authoritative texts of aeronautical engineering, the bumblebee can not fly because of the shape and weight of your body in relation to the wing surface . But the bumblebee does not know and continues to fly. "

This remarkable aphorism, one of the most beautiful we have received from Igor Sikorsky (Ukrainian-born American aeronautical engineer, founder of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a manufacturer of helicopters) is the engine, the drive that led Some parents believe their children especially special. These parents have found that, like the bumblebee "unconscious", the mere fact of believing in them, have confidence in their potential, has meant that their children with Down syndrome lived so that we - scholars spin doctors healthy - could be called almost normal. Aware that other sweet creatures of all similar to them are discarded every day due to a selective genocide poetically called therapeutic abortion, to shortly after the birth of these children and give them so much pride in their joy every day, some mothers were unwilling to offer their experience through a service for couples who are faced with a prenatal diagnosis on this syndrome. Thus was born the site, "Believe in me" (www.crediinme.altervista.org). Through this web site, quoting the subtitle "Stories series and half-serious about Down syndrome in Cagliari, mothers make themselves available to support them in the choice of couples to continue the pregnancy, giving advice on breastfeeding, the el'accudimento general growth of these small, that for some everyday tasks - routine for other children - have a particular need for accuracy.

The child with Trisomy 21 or Down syndrome, as it is called, now safely be diagnosed through invasive techniques such as amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling, is a type of child that still frightens the parents, couples who see shattered dream of a chubby kid and very healthy and - often led by physicians just human - in their imaginary become confused and frightened like a deformed monster, which has very little realistic. Whatever the moment the parents learn the news that their son is a "different", it is a trauma that, depending on how it will be addressed, will lead to the rejection or acceptance loving ... love their special child will always reciprocate.

"It was like a sudden earthquake, we missed the ground under his feet - he admits Aurelia, the portal www.conosciamolimeglio.it - \u200b\u200bwe did not know what to expect, what would be the future of our daughter. Over time we realized that we could give her love, was the most effective therapy. It was us and our families the protagonists of this story ... All together we collaborated growth and development of our children. " So it was small and Alessia has become the glue of the marriage of mother and father and the joy of his older brothers, so that today my mother says, "really that extra chromosome is a resource that never stop to understand ... geneticists do not want it. "
For Christina, the first months after the birth of his little Lucrezia were heavy. She knew nothing of the malformation of her little before she was born, and the shock was such that the most terrible thoughts went through my head, and desired that the child died. Gradually, he learned to know and love his little over time has grown and collected smiles and progress. Cristina is now a happy mother, who readily admits the weaknesses that lead children to parents so unexpected.

Some time ago, some TV shows - the desire to want to make audience want to make a commitment to a culture of life - have given more space to these guys sometimes seems that everything except the unhappy, awakening in a public caught a wave of interest and great tenderness. In fact, the child down very rarely aggressive or incompetent. On the contrary, has its own emotional intelligence, is deeply sensitive, a real catalyst for family affection, so much so that the true pin into the emotional core of its membership. If accepted, loved, empowered in relation to its actual capacity, an adult will be able to work, to organize his day, to fall in love as any able-bodied human being.

The parents see their children transformed from children to teenagers, are often united by fear of what will happen to them, when one day will no longer receive the care and protection of mother and father , and understood that responsibility and empower their children is not only possible but necessary to ensure their full independence and serenity.
was then a natural consequence that some groups of parents came together over time in different associations in the country and that some of these fungi from their own curriculum for children with Down syndrome. Take for example the Co-operative "Sunflowers", based in Rome, with the help of two other similar entities (cooperatives "Cecilia" and "The Park") operates a pizza restaurant in which the boys work steadily down (info www.lalocandadeigirasoli.it ). The results are satisfactory and even surprising! These young people are so communicative and sociable, funny and profound, that can not that doing good to our hedonistic society, where the idol of perfectionism are sacrificed countless lives every day.

For further information: Carlo Bellieni (ed.), The resource down. A positive outlook on disability, Società Editrice Fiorentina, 2005

Sabrina Pietrangeli Paluzzi

(published in "The Optimist" of January 20, 2011)
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