Doesn't have to be true. The level of cognition and ability does, as I understand it, differ.
It's probable that the child will never be able to be as independent as someone considered normal, but then again there are plenty people who don't have Down's syndrome and still can't manage to take care of themselves.
In the same way, or as far, as you or I have.
Doesn't mean he or she can't grow up to have a tremendously enjoyable life.
- will not reflect you
Won't look like you or I, won't function like us, and won't be able to do everything we do.
But who cares? How often does a child turn out to be everything his or her parents might have wished?
And what's so fantastic about being just like us?
- first 6 years are fine then the difference shows
I guess.
If we start eliminating people on the basis of some percieved ideal of fitness we'll probably end up in a pretty boring world.
Besides, our societies are fairly enlightened ones, with social safety nets and whatnot. We don't live like animals, so shouldn't have to be bound by natural laws that don't have to apply the same way, anymore. The more advanced the civilisation, the more subjective what's fit to exist, I reckon.
And to round things up I'd like to point out that happiness often seems to be inversely proportional to intelligence. In some ways, I reckon that people with reduced mental capabilities, if you can call it that, may lead much better lives, as far as happiness and sense of fulfillment is concerned.
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