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OT: Student with Down syndrome voted W. Genny homecoming king

billsin01 said:
Awesome, awesome story. I love it. As a parent of a child with DS stuff like this literally brings me to tears. Anyone who takes the time (and I didn't when I was young and stupid, so I'm not judging) to get to know somebody with DS will come away a better person for it.
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One of the brothers of my highschool girlfriend had Downs Syndrome. Just a great, great kid. Totally loving and open and innocent. I was touched when I found out many, many years later that he still talked about me. It made me feel good to know that I had treated him well in my youth.

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The local Stop and Shop employS Down Syndrome kids as baggers at the check out counters in the summer. I always make a point of profusely thanking them. You've never seen smiles as big as those that I get in return.
 
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and if he goes to UConn he could be Valedictorian
 
There is no question that there is much more of an effort to mainstream kids with disabilities these days than when I was young.

And, to the credit of both societies' youngest, and their parents, it is amazing to me how much more tolerant of diversity, whether because of a disability or whether it is simply a kid who marches to the beat of his/her own drum, that kids are today than they were when I was in school.
 
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