Tag: Down Syndrome
NSW birth trauma report lets down disabled kids and their mums
Susan Carter MLC says a parliamentary report into women’s trauma during pregnancy and childbirth in New South Wales failed to include the extent of distress and misinformation suffered by mums whose unborn child is diagnosed with a disability, like Down Syndrome
Monica Doumit: When ‘medicine’ targets the child
“It’s not good news. Your baby has Down syndrome… and I’ve scheduled a termination for tomorrow.”
Zoey was at work and her doctor phoned with...
Monica Doumit: Some unborn are deemed less equal
Report reveals appalling attitudes remain around disability
On Sunday, the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability handed down its...
Monica Doumit: Culture of death is alive and well
God help those with disabilities in our health care system
Toni Mitchell is a single mother, living in Queensland.
Pregnant with her second child, she went...
The Peanut Butter Falcon Review: Full to the brim with life
Film fans generally and viewers of faith in particular will find much to appreciate in the heartwarming drama The Peanut Butter Falcon.
Themes of friendship,...
The Lion who mauled the Fuehrer
When Aslan fought Euthanasia under the Nazis
Blessed Augustus Clemens Von Galen (1878 - 1946)
Born into a noble German family in Westphalia in 1878, Clemens...