Last Updated (Monday, 20 July 2009 12:44)

What attitude should society have?

It is important that society develop attitudes that will permit people with Down syndrome to participate in community life and to be accepted. They should be offered a status that observes their rights and privileges as citizens, and in a real sense preserves their human dignity.

When accorded their rights and treated with dignity, people with Down syndrome will, in turn, provide society with a most valuable humanizing influence.