Do People With Down Syndrome Have A Right To Exist?

We were born the same year, our mothers old friends. Jenny and I were first friends. They didn't call them "playdates" back then, but the two of us hung out a lot as tykes — had tea parties and made typical pre-school messes while our moms sipped coffee and later scolded us for mushing Playdough into the carpet. I only learned that Jenny had been diagnosed with Down syndrome, which of course I didn't understand, when I heard we wouldn't attend the

We were born the same year, our mothers old friends. Jenny and I were first friends. They didn't call them "playdates" back then, but the two of us hung out a lot as tykes — had tea parties and made typical pre-school messes while our moms sipped coffee and later scolded us for mushing Playdough into the carpet. I only learned that Jenny had been diagnosed with Down syndrome, which of course I didn't understand, when I heard we wouldn't attend the same school. My neighborhood park had a wading…