As I continue to dive deeper into the novel, I have realize that the society back then has created stigma towards those who have Down Syndrome. This is shown when David gave Caroline, the nurse, the address of the special care place, where he wants to send his special needs newborn to (18). With David knowing the address of that place on top of his head, it shows that he uses it often, which suggests that he usually sends his patient's special needs newborn there. As a result, this further suggests that society back then did not accept those who are developed mentally disabled people. Thus, this is possibly why the parents of these newborns decided to give up their child and send them off to somewhere else. Also, Down Syndrome is a type of
There can be many reasons as to why a woman might have an abortion. It may be due to an unwanted pregnancy in general, health issues with the mother that will cause her sickness throughout the pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, and even awareness of a physical flaw with the child such as down syndrome. Prenatal testing has made it possible to determine whether or not a baby will have down syndrome during pregnancy, and research has shown that 92% of women who are aware of their child having a disability, abort their pregnancy. One statistic showed that from 2002 to 2010, 17,983 babies with disabilities were aborted in the UK. It is mentioned that many of these babies were compatible for life outside of the womb. This means that the baby could have survived, and abortion was not necessary.
Having Down Syndrome is a Horizontal identity. Most Americans view people with Down’s to be disabled and do not thing much past that. But, many people with Down’s see this simply as a part of who they are, just as much as the color of their eyes. To them, it is not a disability, but just a fact of life. Many outsiders do not understand this, which is why the Down’s community is so important. The Down’s community provides those with Down’s acceptance to their identity. While the rest of society rejects and pities them, within their community they can relate with others and be treated equally. Unlike with vertical identities where the parents are automatically insiders, parents must choose to whether or not to support their children’s horizontal identities. Some parents choose not to accept Down’s before the child is born and terminate the pregnancy while others do their best to make sure their child is comfortable in the world. Again, in more recent years, there are movements for society to be more educated and inclusive for those with Down Syndrome, but there is still a long way to go.
According to the article, “Parents’ Mistreatment towards Physically Disabled Children”, a study showed “the level of mistreatment with a disabled child was high for a reason like the marital status of the parents and the child’s order within family” ( Jumma and Cerkez 527). But not all parents are like that mistreatment their child that has a disability. Some parents that live in a foreign country abandoned their children. Jumma and Cerkez go on to say “in many eastern communities [people] believe that having a disabled child in a family is a punishment for their fault and will bring evil and a misfortune to the family and community” (528). This type of abandon happen in the novel and also in real life. That has a physically disability because they don’t have the money to care for them. Also, some parents give their child up for adoption to get a better care for
Any child can be born with Down syndrome, which could include your child. Many people don’t really down what Down syndrome is. Around the entire world not many really know what Down syndrome really is and the importance of it. Down syndrome has different causes that one should know about. There are many different types of health issues with Down syndrome. Down syndrome defines all the causes and the different health issues that Down syndrome holds.
Down Syndrome is a condition that cannot be physically passed on from one person to the next. It is a genetic disorder that is inherited through our parents when something goes wrong during pregnancy. As a result, they have a combination of features typical of Down Syndrome, including some degree of cognitive disability, as well as other developmental delays. One thing we should always keep in mind is that they are children and having Down Syndrome comes second.
Down syndrome is a genetic disorder, associated with the presence of an extra chromosome. Downs is characterized by mild to severe mental impairment, weak muscle tone, shorter stature, and a flattened face. Down syndrome is not a very common disease, one in every 691 children are born with Down syndrome. The disability is an illness that people are born with and is not contagious. Most people with Downs have a life expectancy of about 40 or 50 years of age. They only live for that short amount of time because they begin to develop a similar disease to Alzheimer’s. “100% of people with Down syndrome will develop some physiologic signs of Alzheimer’s when they are over 35 years old in the U.S” (Statistics about Down Syndrome). They also die earlier because having Down syndrome increases the risk of leukemia 15-20 times in the US. Therefore most people with Downs will die because of leukemia or heart problems before the age of 50.
Stigma can be a major issue for those with mental illness. It can come from many different people in their lives, from family to complete strangers. So along with their own issues dealing with symptoms and regaining control of their life back, they also can have a negative influence related to their worth from stigma that can hinder them. Recovery in mental illness is ongoing and develops as the person matures, hopefully progressing in their ability to function better in society (Markowitz, Angell, & Greenberg, 2011). Stigma logically has an influence on self-worth and self-esteem for any group of people. Stigma if a large enough influence can make an individual diagnosed with a mental illness view themselves as tainted or less than before
Down syndrome, a genetic disorder, is the most common cause for intellectual disabilities, occurring at an average of one out of every 700 births (CDS, 2006). This disorder is caused by the extra chromosome 21 (also known as Trisomy 21). According to Hassold and Sherman (2002), the probability of giving birth to a child with DS is not linked to any race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or geographic location. Maternal age seems to be the only etiological factor that may cause DS.
In any woman’s life having a child is a very emotional and scary thing. Depending on the age of the woman many questions may arise about how the fetus that is growing inside her will develop. With increase in age come many complications that would not normally affect a child-baring woman that was younger. Such complications include Downs Syndrome, complications that affect the growth and development of the fetus or child, and a defect that I just learned about that is called Trisomy 13. If you were able to ask any expected mother or parents about what they would want the most as far as their baby goes they would probably say that they just want to make sure that their child is health. Our job as healthcare providers is to make sure that our
What is a stigma of mental illnesses and why does it exist in our society? A stigma of mental illnesses is described as discrimination against people with mental health problems. A stigma is what sets a person apart from everybody else. It creates negative feelings and stereotypes about a mental illness that leads to being prejudice.
These misconceptions of mental illness lead to stigma. The most commonly used definition of stigma comes from sociologist Erving Goffman in 1963. He defined stigma as an "attribute that is deeply discrediting" and individuals who bear the stigma are reduced, "from a whole and regular person to a tainted, discounted one" (Goffman 5). Edward Jones’s book, Social Stigma: The Psychology of Marked Relationships, analyzes the many social mistreatments, of which stigmatized individuals are susceptible. The book first analyzes the origin of stigma, proposing they are derived from abnormal or “negative” attributes. The book goes on to say that stigmatized individuals often conceal their condition if they can, such is the case with mental illness. There
This is because they feel that it is discriminating against their genetic defects which results in them feeling out of place and excluded from society because they have genetic defects which people are screening for in order to ensure that their child does not have them. Although couples going through the process of PGD say that they aren't discriminating against disabled people and that they themselves are just not emotionally or financially prepared enough to care for them still suggests that it is discriminative. This is because regardless of the parental motives of the embryo chosen for implantation, PGD causes discrimination against the disabled because it exists for the purpose of preventing a certain type of people from entering the
My mother was never inclined to use therapy as an intervention and whenever it was mentioned she became very defensive. My brother followed suit by laughing it off. Many non-medical beliefs endorsed by racial/ethnic minority groups assign personal responsibility to the development of illness and may explain increased negative views held by racial/ethnic minority groups (Alvidrez, Snowden, & Kaiser 2008). The result of personal responsibility is an outside perception of weak and disabled.
Generally individuals with special needs continue to be the most disadvantaged and neglected in third-world countries (Charema, 2007). This paper is concerned with the moral necessity and biblical mandate of providing special education programs in Christian schools in third-world countries when society in those countries does not recognize or value people with special needs.
Scott told me she first found out Emily was diagnosed with down syndrome when she first was born. They saw some key identifiers that were typically related to the disease like her fingers etc. Around the time when Emily was born they had to educate themselves using books and the Early Intervention (EI) team, as they were limited with computers. The doctors were very helpful, and Mrs. Scott said it was the doctors first patient with down syndrome so he sat down with them, and was willing to also learn with them. It was not hard at all for them to access the services for the child and the Early Intervention team helped them to do so at about three weeks old in the hospital. However, Mrs. Scott did express some concerns. Emily is 19 years old and approaching the age soon of aging out of the services and to no longer be funded; which is age 21. Pretty soon Emily will no longer be followed through the school district anymore and will eventually result to handling situations on her own, even though they promised to help her as much as they could. Throughout the process Mrs. Scott said the only difficult thing for her was more of the early intervention stage and learning all the new terminology that comes with it. She said “It was a lot of new language for me to learn and it was very difficult to adjust to.” Also, in the school system it was adjusting to the services available for Emily, and they wanted her to be included as much as possible. Mrs. Scott believes that