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Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

My son had a classmate with Down's syndrome beginning in kindergarten.The way she was included in all activities and just considered part of the class was a beautiful thing and something that never would have happened when i was growing up in the 70s.

A family in my neighborhood in the 70s fought to get their hard-of-hearing son in into our neighborhood public school. They won and he became the first kid with a disability in our city to be allowed to attend. Until then kids with disabilities attended a special school.

The "send away to school" is a terrible choice for families to have to make for their Deaf child. The flip side is also terrible - the Deaf child isolated from similar peers and adults who understand deafness. A no-win situation. I hope your sister is doing well and thriving today.