Special Needs and the Constitution

1. Children with special needs have the same rights and privileges as anyone else in the United States.

2. Before the mental health movement, those with special need were living in terrible conditions. They were sent away because they weren't seen as normal or with sympathy.

3. People are free to voice their opinions, however, the Constitution gives these people the rights they deserve.

4. Some other countries, (not America), don't treat those with special needs as well.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-12-01/news/chi-judging-first-amendment-interests-20111201_1_essay-and-art-contest-first-amendment-essay-freedoms/3

Raising a Down Syndrome Child

1. Caregivers and parents need to sympathize with special needs children

2. Having a child with special needs can be frightening.

3. Normal day activities are much more difficult with a special needs child.

4. These children can be taught to face the world's challenges instead of being dragged behind by the difficulties.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-02-09/news/ct-perspec-0209-trig-20120209_1_special-needs-child-trig-campaign-trail

Unfair Expectations

http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2011-08-10/article/38223?headline=On-Mental-Illness-Unfair-Expectations--By-Jack-Bragen

1. Those with mental illnesses may find it hard to be with someone without that same mental illness at times when they can't sympathize.

2. Pressure builds up on people with a mental illness because society holds people to standards that they may not be able to live up to.

3. It's unfair to expect the same from a person with a mental illness and one without.

4. People with mental illnesses do have the abilities of anybody else, but may have to work slower to do so.