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The Future of Care for Adults with Down Syndrome

Options for Adults with Down Syndrome When Their Parents Can't Care for Them

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Jun 21, 2023
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Author Jodie Bishop

Just a short backstory here.

I am the third child of six. My mom had a stillbirth of her fifth child, and my sister Kathy is her sixth. Kathy was born with Down syndrome. In the 1960s, doctors told my mom that Kathy would never walk or talk, and they tried to convince her to put her in a home. But my mom refused to believe them, and sh…

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