'...people should congratulate parents if their child is born with a disability, not say 'I'm sorry''

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'...people should congratulate parents if their child is born with a disability, not say 'I'm sorry''

A mother whose daughter has down syndrome says people should congratulate parents if their child is born with a disability, not say 'I'm sorry'. As part of Down Syndrome Awareness Month in October, Bernie Bradley posted a picture on Twitter of her daughter Jinny as a newborn. Her message was for people to say 'congratulations', and not 'sorry', to parents when their baby is born with down syndrome; she chats to Andrea. Photo by Sharon McCutcheon from Pexels Listen and subscribe to Lunchtime Live on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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'...people should congratulate parents if their child is born with a disability, not say 'I'm sorry''