If you love someone with Down syndrome, or love someone who loves someone with Down syndrome… please, take a moment to read what may be the most important “Chasing Charlie” column I’ve written over on allParenting. A young man died, and because we don’t have information from an independent investigation, we cannot know the details. Some say the sheriff’s deputies who restrained him, face down, at a movie theater should be charged with homicide. I won’t say that until I know the facts. But if our Down syndrome organizations don’t unite, work together and forge ahead with one loud message, we may never know the facts. Which, to me, means what happened to Robert Ethan Saylor could happen to my son, Charlie. Please. It’s…
Tagged: advocacy, Down syndrome, Robert Ethan Saylor, special needs
