A Love Story .

Finally, good news so thank you for sharing. :)
 
Lovely story,it do happen.That one of my dreams my daughter meet another Down's and live happy but in the Down's society there very bright and not so bright.i would imagine some brilliant parenting and education gone into these to lovely people
 
Very cute......and the girl was on his level right? It is very cute when Down's/ID kids can be romanticly involved with others on their level.
They found love!
 
*I'm thinking this pair is in their 20's*


my observation, meant kindly......they're adults, not kids, DD.
would you call people without Down - kids - if they were in the their 20's ?
I know sometimes elderly people do use the term with people younger than them but I don't think you're in that age bracket.

They're just two people who happen to have Down and I put my smilies because I was happy for them. But I respect them as adult whole people.
 
dogmom said:
*I'm thinking this pair is in their 20's*


my observation, meant kindly......they're adults, not kids, DD.
would you call people without Down - kids - if they were in the their 20's ?
I know sometimes elderly people do use the term with people younger than them but I don't think you're in that age bracket.

They're just two people who happen to have Down and I put my smilies because I was happy for them. But I respect them as adult whole people.
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I didn't see them as kids either , they're 2 mature people and the guy has his own restaurant and been in business 5 years. That is a long time , I seen restaurants go out of business in less time. I wonder DD meant about the woman being at the same level as the guy.
 
I know, WDYS, I really do hope that man will find success with his new restaurant!
 
dogmom said:
*I'm thinking this pair is in their 20's*


my observation, meant kindly......they're adults, not kids, DD.
would you call people without Down - kids - if they were in the their 20's ?
I know sometimes elderly people do use the term with people younger than them but I don't think you're in that age bracket.

They're just two people who happen to have Down and I put my smilies because I was happy for them. But I respect them as adult whole people.
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Well often people in their 20's refer to themselves as kids...But you're right. Wrong phrasing. They should be referred to as adults. On the other hand, the trouble is, they are chronicallically and physically adults, but they're not mentally and culturally adults. Some can and do function at a pretty high level, yes....On the other hand, yes they are 18 plus. Which makes them adults. They're adults, but they're not adult, adults...they're Down's Syndrome/ID adults. A bit more complex and complicated then typical adults.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
I didn't see them as kids either , they're 2 mature people and the guy has his own restaurant and been in business 5 years. That is a long time , I seen restaurants go out of business in less time. I wonder DD meant about the woman being at the same level as the guy.
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You know how there are different levels of intellectucal/social functioning? That's what I meant. One issue that I see with ID people/teens/adults is that quite a bit of times, the fact that ID people tend to function at ...scattered levels socially and emotionally. I've seen a lot of them be all "OMG I want a boyfriend/girlfriend/friend" (b/c they see society valuing that as a good thing, and b/c they like the IDEA of a boyfriend/girlfriend/friend) Lots of times, their social skill level and being immersed in the mainstream world can ....create challenges. (ie being taken advantage of, or thinking that a superfical realtionship is more then it is, or not really understanding complex ideas of social interactions) I've noticed that ID people on the same level can and do relate much better to each other. Even at the get togethers (where there are a lot of ID teens/young adults) I see the more affected ID people lagging behind and not really relating very well to ID people who are more mildly affected/on an LD/" grey level area" of functioning.
 
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