I think this video was great! I feel that as people watch it they would probably assume that Jimmy is the child who does not have down syndrome, because of course how could a child with down syndrome participate in all of these activities and an able-bodied child not. When watching this video, I assumed this. Why would this be the case? Well, society does not see disabled people being capable of participating in school, swimming, or piano lessons, it is just not the norm. The mass media does not show disabled people participating in these activities and therefore we are programmed to think this way. We, in society need to look at the bigger picture and see that there are worse things that could happen than being disabled.
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I think this video was great! I feel that as people watch it they would probably assume that Jimmy is the child who does not have down syndrome, because of course how could a child with down syndrome participate in all of these activities and an able-bodied child not. When watching this video, I assumed this. Why would this be the case? Well, society does not see disabled people being capable of participating in school, swimming, or piano lessons, it is just not the norm. The mass media does not show disabled people participating in these activities and therefore we are programmed to think this way. We, in society need to look at the bigger picture and see that there are worse things that could happen than being disabled.
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