why do people make assumptions?

[2shoes]

people with cp are happy
people with downs are loving and affectionate.
????

ignorance at a guess hun, which as we all know is bliss, like you say, they make assumptions on what they may see for 5 mins at a time, they dont see outbursts etc, the hard sides of living with sn and disabilities. why learn something if you dont need to hun!

I know exactly what you mean 2shoes, it denies any sort of individuality for the person they are labelling. However, I have stopped getting on my high horse when people try to make assumptions about my DD3 (she has downs and ASD). Because she IS loving and she DOES respond well to music

Ungrateful child

ok dd is very happy
BUT i have met loads of dc's with cp who are not(should I have said heard)

Yes, I have met people with Downs who were distinctly stroppy. They were often teenagers

and it's not just happy cp/loving downs

don't forget that people with autism are always mathematical geniuses

(dont worry i am joking)

and, as many people have said to me about dd1 (cp/hemiplegia) "well,she was lucky really, it could have been worse"

eh?

(this includes my own mother )

funny though, it's never parents of other sn children who say this-even when their dc's are much worse affected than my dd1. it's like a sort of instant bond, we don't say stupid, ignorant stuff to each other.

i think people created these stereotypes as their own comfort blanket, it saves having to have any actual knowledge, empathy or intelligence.

(bitter and twisted?me?)