I hope it's okay to ask this. We were at the park today and a minibus arrived with a group of teenagers with special needs. Most were in wheelchairs, I think with cerebral palsy.
DS aged 4 kept looking and was fascinated by one boy and asked me if he was dancing, I replied that I thought he was excited to be out for a lovely day at the park.
DS then said "what's wrong with him?" My question to you is what should /could I have said? My gut reaction was to say "nothing is wrong with him". Basically I want DS to be accepting of differences etc. He has an adult relative with severe Downs Syndrome and has never asked about anything, I guess because he's known him all his life.
I'm very sorry if this post is very clumsy and apologise if I've worded it badly.
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SniffyHock · 05/06/2008 19:40
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