"Life With Down syndrome" Review

It seems that many people believe that if a family has a Down syndrome child then that family has a hard time leading a normal family life. Well I found a site that can prove all those preconceived thoughts wrong. In fact, it may even show that a family with a Down syndrome child may even be more special then one without a Down syndrome child. The author of the blog describes himself like any other man. He starts off saying that he lives in Pennsylvania, has four children and a lovely wife, but the catch is that one of those children, three year old Amanda, happens to have Down syndrome. This father, who owns his own business in advertising, has started a blog in which he pretty much just writes about his family and the things they do and the important things that happen in their lives. The blog is entitled “Down Syndrome Life” and just describes his family life with a Down syndrome child. This father is very credible in this subject because of the fact that he and his family have to live everyday with a Down syndrome child and experience all the good and bad moments that go along with that. The blog is very well organized and is made to look very nice and it does a wonderful good job of using pathos to appeal to ones emotions through his entries, the pictures of his children, and the video he has posted on the site.
The site itself has a black background with a light color used for the writing, making it very easy to read, and all of the links and information are very well organized and easy to find. The father has put pictures of all of his children, not just the child with the Down syndrome, which shows that he has the same amount of love for all of his children. He has also posted a video that stays at the bottom of the blog no matter what page you are on. This video is about a young man who has Down syndrome. He works at a grocery store and when told by a corporate manager that all of the employees needed to do a little extra to show appreciation to the customers, he went above and beyond the expected. This young man went home and started to find quotes that inspired him and every day with the help from his father he would print many copies of one of the quotes and put them in the bags once he was finished bagging the groceries. Soon every customer wanted to get their groceries bagged by this young man no matter how long they had to wait in line, just so that could receive his very inspirational quotes of the day. This video shows that Down syndrome children and young adults can add extra special assets to relationships.
The blog entries are the most important part of being able to realize what it is really like for a family with a Down syndrome child. Reading them makes you see their life in a whole different way. In a few of the entries he does mention how sometimes it can be difficult with a young child who has Down syndrome because that child does develop much slower than non-affected children, but for the most part his entries show that his life is not much different from any other family’s life. In fact some of them may actually show that the little girl of his who has Down syndrome adds a little something special to his life that is not present in other families.
This site appeals greatly to one’s emotions showing that Down syndrome children are just as special as God’s other gifts to earth. Down syndrome children are so full of life and love. Every person a Down syndrome child meets will fall in love with him/her if they allow themselves because of all the love a Down syndrome child is dying to give to the world. I have been around many children in my life and I would have to say that the one’s that I fell in love with the most were children with Down syndrome. If you have never been touched by the love of a Down syndrome child then I could see how you might feel that they would be a great burden to a family, but just by looking at this blog you can see the positive impact Amanda has had on her family. The father’s username is BStrong, because if you stay strong then with all the love a Down syndrome child has to give a person will be able to see around the syndrome and allow themselves to be overtaken by that great love.
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