If you had a disabled child?

[TheEclipse]

If it's that bad, I'd probably go for abortion. I don't know what I'd do if it was born and needed 24/7 care.

Downs Syndrome or whatever, I'd probably ... well. Still abort, if I knew in time. If not, Downs Syndrome I can live with.

[TheEclipse]

Fair enough but why abortion when there's adoption? I think the media is just scaremongering about social services and care homes as the uncle I've just described was adopted. There are thousands of infertile parents hoping for a child and some wouldn't mind taking a disabled child. I'd at least give them a chance of life!

I thought we were talking about around the clock care, possibly without any mental function, not for example, blindness or deafness or no leg function. People do not want to adopt someone that will be a 12 year old baby.

[Inseriousity.]

People do not want to adopt someone that will be a 12 year old baby.

And some people do. I have two uncles with Downs Syndrome, one is capable, the other has no mental capability at all. He's a 28 year old baby but that's 28 years he's had nevertheless.

[TheEclipse]

Was he adopted?
And a downs syndrome child/man isn't nearly as bad as the kids I know who have the mental capacity of a 6 month old, and literally must be watched 24/7. They don't learn anything. Don't know what's going on. Don't feel love.
Downs syndrome kids do.
I personally could not look after someone with absolutely no mental capacity for the rest of my life, 24/7. It's great that some people can, I can't. And I really don't think they get adopted out that much.

[Inseriousity.]

Yes I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't be able to handle it but aborting them is the solution? Not really. Yes both my uncles were adopted.

And when I say he's downs syndrome, that's the primary disability he's got. He's got various other mental health problems as well... so he needs to be watched constantly too.... or he drinks White Spirit (which is not an alcoholic drink)

[TheEclipse]

For me, aborting them is the solution yes. If they're embryos in my body.

[iDenning]

If it was born, no. If it wasn't born yet then id deffo push for abortion as I couldnt live with the guilt of knowing the babies going to be bullied at school and have a total **** life. And id blame myself for that. So id try and get rid of the baby

[TheEclipse]

Kids that bad don't get bullied at school, because they don't even have the capacity to understand it most of the time (not meaning kids with downs syndrome, I'm meaning really severely, 24/7 care kind of disabled). And you'll be the one unable to do anything much with your life.

[Hiro]

Let it live.

[Sharon]

Trying to word this as well as I can. I would have an abortion as I wouldn't find it easy to raise a disabled child. Plus its not fair on them either. If I didn't know it might pass my mind to put them in care but I would see if I could care for them for not before I considered it.