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Q24: Just Like Other Daughters

“I can’t get a job because I got Down’s.” p. 139 Employment is an important issue in the Down syndrome community. Does your loved one have a job? What would you tell Alicia about Chloe getting a job?

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Q23: Just Like Other Daughters

“You would think I would enjoy spending time with families who go through the same trials and tribulations I do, dealing with a mentally handicapped child. But I don’t. They don’t make me feel better. They make me feel worse

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Q22: Just Like Other Daughters

“Most pity me, but I don’t want their pity. What I want, is acceptance. …acceptance for both of us. Acceptance I know we’ll never get.” P. 87 Our loved ones are not the only ones who face exclusion. Have you

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Q21: Just Like Other Daughters

“My reading leaves me more upset than I was before I sit down.” P. 85 Often the information we get from the internet can be as confusing as it is helpful. Do you have favorite sites you depend on for

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Q20: Just Like Other Daughters

“She tugs and my daughter and this mentally retarded man break suction. Retarded. here’s that word again. This time I’m too upset by the mini make-out session in my front hall to be disturbed by my mental word choice again.”

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Q19: Just Like Other Daughters

“My Chloe, with her intellectual disabilities, is bold in ways I never will be. She enjoys life in ways I don’t seem to be able to.” P. 74 Many parents admire their loved one’s free spirit. Was there a time

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Q18: Just Like Other Daughters

“Again I feel like a terrible mother. This is what I’ve wanted for Chloe for so long – for her to have a life beyond me…” “Chloe doesn’t understand what a boyfriend is. I wonder how I can explain it

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Q17: Just Like Other Daughters

“So Chloe.” I clap my hands together. “How about tacos?”…. “How about bowling?” she answers, surprising me with her cleverness. P. 37 Does your loved one have a sharp sense of humor? How does he surprise you?

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Q 16: Just Like Other Daughters

“I have to tuck my hands behind my back to keep from helping Choe with her coat. Our therapist has given me the task of allowing her to be more independent, of helping her realize what a capable young woman

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Q15: Just Like Other Daughters

“With Chloe, anything that’s going to take place in the future is on Wednesday.” P. 33 There are a few statements in this story that made me believe that the author knows someone who has Down syndrome. This inability to

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