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Wait what? Where did I say I hate mentally ill people?So is “I hate mentally ill people”. So sorry for your need of control.
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Wait what? Where did I say I hate mentally ill people?So is “I hate mentally ill people”. So sorry for your need of control.
I just wanted to add that when you see all these celebrities with twins, it’s probably because of IVF. All this “100% natural conception” is utter BS.
The original French term for DS was 'mongolisme' for a reason.Insurance companies don't like to have more generous plans because it'd cut into their massive profits (and the people up top are filthy sticking rich from it). And Republicans hate the idea of universal health care because of higher taxes (mainly from filthy rich people that pay far, far lower percentages than poor people because of greed, like with insurance companies), and because they feel certain people don't deserve "free" (taxpayer) aid. Until they have a major accident or get cancer (or some other major illness [like Corona]). Then they rush to GoFundMe and sob for free gibs from other Republicans, that they then get, because "it's different".
Mild Down Syndrome with zero behavior problems. It's a dirty secret of the cognitive disability community about how bad the behavior problems are, even with small kids. And of course they're immediately ready to shame every parent who puts their kids (or adult children) in group homes because they can't handle it anymore, to silence their struggle at how bad it can get. A normal two year-old that screams and cries because you told them no cookies is embarrassing. A severely disabled twenty year-old that puts their fist through a window because you told them no cookies is downright dangerous. And that's not even getting into things like 1:2 staffing because they'll eat rocks or forks in a instant otherwise. Or run and start hitting people and smashing shit because they like hurting others and other's property.
Edit: And that's not even getting into all the serious health problems Down Syndrome individuals have because a chromosomal disorder fucks up the entire body, not just the brain. Fucks sake, there's a very specific appearance to DS because the extra chromosome fucks up the entire body.
If you had bothered to read the OP my post was responding to, they stated they’d “rather have a downie than a awful schizo or addict.” But it’s just easier to jump to conclusions and not bother with details.Wait what? Where did I say I hate mentally ill people?
A lot of DS kids and adults can contribute to society and live mostly independently, whereas some of these abominations will never even be able to do much more than shit themselves and stare blankly into the abyss.
Yup, we got a line item break down from the hospital on charges just because we were curious. $16 for the shittest tube of chapstick I’ve ever used.
You don’t even have to buy an inflatable tub for a home birth, they rent them. Costs about $120. A mid-wife will run you about $1000-$2 but most of these shady home birth places have “medical loan” financing options similar to used car lots for bad credit risks.
Many Midwives aren’t insured because some states don’t recognize them as practitioners and no insurance companies will cover home birth deliveries, period.
Having no insurance liability coverage helps keep costs down but if your midwife fucks everything up and you end up with a dead baby, or one like Luna, you have almost no legal recourse unless you want to sue her to take her 2015 Prius.
Luna was the result of a stupid mother and inept midwife, but Luna and American tax payers are the ones on the hook for their negligence and stupidity. Honestly, the money doesn’t even bother me, but the life it deprived Luna of is a staggering tragedy. Has Mrs Empath ever mentioned her midwife or doula? I’m just curious who it was and how that played out once it was obvious Luna’s brain was the result of a birth injury due to negligence. Empath has been very silent on the matter afaik.
(Had that negligence happened in a hospital Ms Empath would have gotten tens of millions of dollars from a lawsuit settlement plus all of Luna’s medical care covered for life but there’s almost no chance that would have ever happened in a hospital. No medical professionals would have allowed a labor to stop progressing for that long without intervening.)
Yes, a friend of mine had a healthy, but very premature baby (29 weeks) the month in the NICU was close to a million. Can you imagine how much all the long surviving potato babies cost? Almost all require long NICU stays and then need stuff like feeding and breathing tubes and endless (useless) therapies, equipment and surgeries.
The parents of baby Matthew converted a very large garage into their own personal NICU unit but they are in South Africa. If Matthew was in the USA he’d probably have cost taxpayers about 25 million after six years
The reason you only see these type of DS people now is that autism has taken over all services that the ones who werent shining examples used to have. We have moved into a society that feeds the current fad of autism, just like was done with ADHD in the past, and hidden examples of people doing worse with other disorders.A lot of DS kids and adults can contribute to society and live mostly independently, whereas some of these abominations will never even be able to do much more than shit themselves and stare blankly into the abyss.
Yeah the biggest threat to abortion access will be on the state level. Unfortunately many women in red states can't afford to move elsewhere, and poor women are the ones at highest risk of maternal death (especially black and brown women). Red states also tend to lack universal access to contraception and comprehensive sex ed, and it's way more difficult to get services in them.In the US, maternal deaths during pregnancy and childbirth are frighteningly high. For a "developed" nation, it's loony that the numbers are what they are.
I think the SCOTUS shifting is going to make that worse in every way possible.
I know every lib is depressed about RGB dying, but I'm just pissed about the obstruction of Garland. Ole lady should have retired in 2009, spared people the headache.
What it'll come down to though is regional access. We're going to see a South filled to the brim with every one of these potato tardbabies and dead women. The more urban and coastal/northern states, of course, won't push any state laws to limit anything, so they'll look more like Iceland.
Other countries that aren't Catholic-run, without the abortion stigma, they do a lot better by their disabled. They usually have state healthcare, which means access to services. Whether they're as good as a rich celebrity child in the US could access isn't relevant; they're able to access services at all. That's not guaranteed in the US. Also because of the selection bias of abortions, there are less people competing for those services.
A disease that puts kids in wheelchairs in the US is often found and treated, in other nations, and never causes enough harm to disable the kid.
Immediate access to preventative treatment prevents a lot of disabilities.
they wouldn't do it. there's nothing real behind their online "convictions", we all know this.Yeah the biggest threat to abortion access will be on the state level. Unfortunately many women in red states can't afford to move elsewhere, and poor women are the ones at highest risk of maternal death (especially black and brown women). Red states also tend to lack universal access to contraception and comprehensive sex ed, and it's way more difficult to get services in them.
It would be interesting to see what would happen if you forced one of the A&H prolifer /pol/ rejects to care for a completely fucked up spud like Kayli or Mathew.
Yeah, pretty sure the reason they're so mad about abortion is because it's proof women are having sex with men who aren't them. Still, it's an interesting hypothetical to think about. I think most would last a day max with having to deal with projectile vomiting and smiling turds.they wouldn't do it. there's nothing real behind their online "convictions", we all know this.
the pro-lifers are deranged enough to try to pass laws in OH and TN outlawing abortion for downies. like seriously what the fuck, you could abort a healthy normal fetus but not a downie one.In the US, maternal deaths during pregnancy and childbirth are frighteningly high. For a "developed" nation, it's loony that the numbers are what they are.
I think the SCOTUS shifting is going to make that worse in every way possible.
I know every lib is depressed about RGB dying, but I'm just pissed about the obstruction of Garland. Ole lady should have retired in 2009, spared people the headache.
What it'll come down to though is regional access. We're going to see a South filled to the brim with every one of these potato tardbabies and dead women. The more urban and coastal/northern states, of course, won't push any state laws to limit anything, so they'll look more like Iceland.
Other countries that aren't Catholic(or Muslim!)-run, without the abortion stigma, they do a lot better by their disabled. They usually have state healthcare, which means access to services. Whether they're as good as a rich celebrity child in the US could access isn't relevant; they're able to access services at all. That's not guaranteed in the US. Also because of the selection bias of abortions, there are less people competing for those services.
A disease that puts kids in wheelchairs in the US is often found and treated, in other nations, and never causes enough harm to disable the kid.
Immediate access to preventative treatment prevents a lot of disabilities.
And of course once the thing is actually born the last thing the GOP wants to do is cough up services for it. So you'll be forced to carry and birth a potato rape baby, but once it's out you're on your own caring for it (and if you do manage to get services you're a gross welfare queen).the pro-lifers are deranged enough to try to pass laws in OH and TN outlawing abortion for downies. like seriously what the fuck, you could abort a healthy normal fetus but not a downie one.
there is nothing they wont attempt at this point.
edit: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...halts-new-law-signed-gov-bill-lee/5429866002/
Just a reminder what the GOP would actually do if it had the chance.
In addition to banning abortions after the point a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which is as early as six weeks, the legislation, which takes effect immediately, also prohibits the procedure:
- If the doctor knows that the woman is seeking an abortion because of the child's sex or race;
- If the doctor knows the woman is seeking an abortion due to to a diagnosis of Down syndrome; and
- For juveniles in custody of the Department of Children's Services, including removing the current option to petition a judge for permission.
- While there is an exception to the restrictions if a woman's life is in danger, there are no exceptions for rape or incest.
you have to birth a retarded mutant rape baby but cant receive any help for it because that would literally be communism. also republicucks have been fighting hard lately to repeal the clean water act which would let gas companies dump whatever chemicals they wanted in drinking water supplies and they wouldnt have to tell you what they were. which would no doubt spawn even more tardsAnd of course once the thing is actually born the last thing the GOP wants to do is cough up services for it. So you'll be forced to carry and birth a potato rape baby, but once it's out you're on your own caring for it (and if you do manage to get services you're a gross welfare queen).
God bless America
So Basically 24/7 you had 2-4 adults of normal intelligence devoted to caring for one adult of an IQ below 60. Some patients had 1:1 staff others required more. It can be argued that this is what a caring society should do but it’s not exactly a sustainable model long term if there is an increase in the number of patients. I remember thinking it was a surreal thing for 4 normal adults to devote their working lives to just keeping one adult alive/not hurting himself. I have no better solution, just stating the situation.
The Spartans left these types of infants out to die of exposure for a reason.It goes without saying. But keeping spuds alive is a waste of time and money.
What is a doula compared to a midwife? What kind of word is that? Indian?
Honestly I've never seen any of this done to the severely retarded children I worked with. We had one 20 year old that just would sit in back of class and do her business while screaming for snacks. If she got a snack she stopped, it was obviously a learned behavior.If possible I think tards should be taught if they want to jerk off, they have to do it in their rooms. No need for chemical castration or other meds if they can learn to keep that shit to a private area.
If someone absolutely cannot control their sex drive and keep shit private or are dangerous then yeah, chemical castration sounds like a good option. I've heard about it being used for pedos.
I wonder what fundies who have tard kids think when they start getting horny and shit? Lord only knows fundies tend to have some pretty fucked up views on sexuality as is, I'm not sure how one would deal if their downie wanted to jerk it.
I can vouch for this as well. I have seen so many fucked up tards come from care homes, some with conditions related to neglect, and once they're in the hospital they cannot require more than 1:1 attention so they end up in restraints. That is usually how they end up for long periods of their life because DS is correlated with so many other serious health conditions.No, this is not correct. TV shows have really given a false perception of DS ppl and their abilities. Maybe 1-5% of DS adults can live semi-independent but still with daily supervision. For about four months in college I worked in a group home network that was for adults with DS. They were dumped on Medicaid programs because they were too difficult to care for at home. They all required 24/7 supervision.
So Basically 24/7 you had 2-4 adults of normal intelligence devoted to caring for one adult of an IQ below 60. Some patients had 1:1 staff others required more. It can be argued that this is what a caring society should do but it’s not exactly a sustainable model long term if there is an increase in the number of patients. I remember thinking it was a surreal thing for 4 normal adults to devote their working lives to just keeping one adult alive/not hurting himself. I have no better solution, just stating the situation.
BTW, when you see a DS person out working there is also a paid staff member supervising from a distance. People might think the DS person is independently working but for insurance reasons alone a staff member of normal intelligence is always there supervising them.
About half the patients in our network still had family, many that loved them, but they were just to difficult and dangerous to care for at home. I remember a sweet an 5 foot tall single/divorced mother and her 6’0 300 lb son that would rage if you didn’t let him masturbate 5 times a day. She visited him every week, loved him dearly, but he would have accidentally killed or maimed her had he continued to live in her home. He certainly injured enough staff members who were full grown men.
With the largest autistic generation getting ready to reach adulthood in the next three years shit is going to hit the fan. It’s already extremely difficult to get long term adult care for cognitively impaired people.
The largest contributing factors to the USA numbers are age and obesity. Mothers are older and fatter than they have ever been in history, or anywhere else on earth. Unless that changes the maternal mortality rate is going to remain high and doctors cannot do a god damn thing about it. Getting IVF is more common in the US as well which inflates the number of older women and multiple births (twins, triplets, etc). Look at amy ramadan, she drove to mexico and got fertility drugs when doctors told her she was too fat for treatments. That is some truly american behavior, it is a wonder she didn't croak.In the US, maternal deaths during pregnancy and childbirth are frighteningly high. For a "developed" nation, it's loony that the numbers are what they are.
If they could easily learn things like "don't jerk off when people are around" then they wouldn't be retarded. That's the exact problem that makes them jerk off constantly, or eat so god damn much, or shit everywhere, etc. child like stupidity really is terrifying when it is in the body of an adult. Chemically castrating people can be considered a human rights violation so it is hard to get done, typically a man will have to rape more than one kid to end up that way against his will. There is hesitancy to sterilize retarded people or put them on birth control even though they get raped much more often than people of normal intelligence and cannot care for infants. The abuses of the old asylum system has lead to a lot of ethical issues around how to medically improve the lives of retarded people without violating their rights.If possible I think tards should be taught if they want to jerk off, they have to do it in their rooms. No need for chemical castration or other meds if they can learn to keep that shit to a private area.
If someone absolutely cannot control their sex drive and keep shit private or are dangerous then yeah, chemical castration sounds like a good option. I've heard about it being used for pedos.