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offensive?
I always like to act and dress up like a little kid sometimes (I'm 16!) and sometimes I have this urge to scream or shout I HAVE DOWN SYNDROME =] when I'm outside.
But i was just wondering if it will be offensive? Because I think down syndrom is a mental disability( or correct me if I'm wrong) so it will be offensive to many people?
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you really shouldnt joke about down syndrome. thats rudeee. theres just some subjects that are off topic, such as joking about cancer, and in certain situations death (not like im gonna kill you thats ok-ish to some people, but like if someone said why isnt mny bf calling and you say maybe he died, thats meaaaaannn)
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My friend's little brother has down syndrome, and I know all three of us would be very offended.
~Maria, 16
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Very offensive. It's disturbing you need to ask whether or not it would be.
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umm yes i think that would be really offensive. many people suffer from down syndrome. if the wrong person hears you say that then they could be really offended. its like someone running outside saying "I HAVE HERPES!" People do it, but it's still offensive. its mean to joke about stuff like that but people do anyways. so really its up to you if you want to do that or not. just think about who your audience is before you do it. i wouldnt do it at schoool either.
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Down syndrome causes families a lot of pain so it may offend a lot of people. It may even offend people who don't have down syndrom or know people with down syndrom just because you are claiming to have a serious mental illness when you don't. Just be careful who you say it to or who you say it around.
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...yes, that is offensive.
down's syndrome IS a mental disability. it doesn't mean that you're childish, or that you like to be childish. it means that you were born with a mental defect. if you were going for an "i love being childish" statement, you should probably say "i love being childish" instead of saying that you have a disease... that you don't actually have. i think you're kind of out of context.
i'm still trying to figure out how you're connecting down's syndrome with purposely acting like a kid. they have nothing to do with each other.
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Down Syndrome is a sensitive subject for a lot of people. I'd really be careful with what you say and do because you don't know who knows who. Somebody might know someone with Down Syndrome and you don't know it and you could have triggered something. I would be very cautious about doing it...I wouldn't to be completely honest just because you don't know who may be listening and get insulted. People seem to hide their personal lives really well.
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That would be extremely offensive to someone with downs sydrome who may hear. I'm bipolar and it makes me feel uncomfortable and hurt when people joke around about the condition. It also makes friends or family members of people with downs syndrome angry.
PS Im not sure if its really a 'mental disability' but it's something along those lines
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it could be offensive to some, and not to others. just be careful who you say it around. make sure not to say it in front of people with down syndrome or people with relatives with down syndrome. be very careful about it, it may be a sensitve subject.
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