Plaintive Wail

[Sluggo]

I wish all you mongoloids would shut your traps.

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I’m not a retard or a mongoloid

I don’t live in an institution, eat just unhealthy food

or have no friends

And I don’t know Chris Burke or Andrea Friedman from TV

Although I’m certain they’re really, really nice





I have 47 chromosomes, not 46

I have a smaller mouth and lax jaw muscles,

not an abnormally large tongue







I will always be able to learn new things, just more slowly

And it is pronounced DOWN syndrome,

not "Down’s", Down syndrome!




The Special Olympics is the second largest sporting event



Down Syndrome is the most common chromosomal disorder



And I will be limited only by your expectations!




MY NAME IS JOE,



AND I HAVE DOWN SYNDROME



Thank You


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