tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273361344466622223.post457027782639393590..comments2023-06-27T09:26:24.194-05:00Comments on Penny's Peeps: "No Transplant for You....If You Have a Developmental Disability...."Penny's Peepshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389173784739149779noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273361344466622223.post-22363896258638548752012-01-16T10:26:55.718-06:002012-01-16T10:26:55.718-06:00I, too have blogged on this--I provide links to an...I, too have blogged on this--I provide links to an on-line petition, and to a page where someone (not me) has been collecting links to many of the blog posts on this issue.<br /><br />For some reason I cannot copy/paste the URL into this comment box, but if you click on my name it should take you there.Andrea S.http://reunifygally.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/disability-the-quality-of-life-and-amelia-rivera/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273361344466622223.post-29200221551342698982012-01-14T18:26:38.136-06:002012-01-14T18:26:38.136-06:00I have a developmental disability. I am Autistic. ...I have a developmental disability. I am Autistic. And according to this hospital, I too would be ineligible for an organ transplant. Is the life of a person with a developmental disability a <a href="http://autistichoya.blogspot.com/2012/01/life-not-worth-living.html" rel="nofollow">life not worth living</a>?Lydia Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13484063914873791571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273361344466622223.post-67080894015775465212012-01-14T10:43:47.196-06:002012-01-14T10:43:47.196-06:00This just makes me sick. I really had no idea unt...This just makes me sick. I really had no idea until I read the same article as you. I just do not understand why our children are valued less. . . why they are unworthy of transplants. It makes no sense to me and seems to go against the ethics code. I am with you in that I am livid.Anna Theurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06937391910402532608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273361344466622223.post-29522602873415489902012-01-14T00:44:23.575-06:002012-01-14T00:44:23.575-06:00It really breaks my heart that others can not see ...It really breaks my heart that others can not see the wonderful value of our children with Down Syndrome. I am right along side you fuming at the injustice. <br />~adopting Sydney and Lucien (two beautiful little ones blessed with down syndrome)<br />http://becauseyouareloved.blogspot.com/Homeschoolin Mama https://www.blogger.com/profile/08498224321720906377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273361344466622223.post-72717267723982202022012-01-14T00:41:44.741-06:002012-01-14T00:41:44.741-06:00Don't get me started... I read the article out...Don't get me started... I read the article outloud to Roy, and just lost my mind! I couldn't believe the part where the Dr. said "I have been warned about you and how involved you are in Amelia's care" WTH!!!!! It is their child! I hope that God is forgiving me right now for the thoughts that I towards people that say such evil things. And I have another friend who has received this same news... Grr!!!!Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564732166724462968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5273361344466622223.post-9655486680771544372012-01-14T00:22:50.194-06:002012-01-14T00:22:50.194-06:00Absurd. I'm with you. I don't get it.Absurd. I'm with you. I don't get it.Amy Dayhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1469796687#!/profile.php?id=1038491638noreply@blogger.com