Mary O'Callaghan holds a PhD in developmental psychology and is a Public Policy Fellow at the Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame.
It's tempting to make neat calculations based on what we know in the abstract about Down syndrome. But once an actual child enters into the equation - with all of his strengths and foibles, quirks and habits - we don't get the answer we expected at all.
Date posted: 2015-10-12