Meg has entered P7 – the final year of primary (elementary) school. When they asked if anyone wanted to stand for House Captain, it didn’t cross Meg’s mind that she shouldn’t go for it. She created a wee speech and, with the 6 others who are standing, went round all the classes and delivered her…
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Kim Ayres lives in Scotland and is the father of Meg, who was born in 1998 with Down's Syndrome. He can discuss heart operations, fears, concerns and worries but generally feels 98% of raising a child with special needs is just about raising a child.
A Dad’s Eye View
Written on February 19, 2009 by Kim Ayres
The idea of this weekly post is to try and answer questions from a Dad’s perspective. It’s early days yet, so I have no real idea how this is going to work, so feedback – both positive and, er, tactful – is welcome. To get the ball rolling, when I suggested the idea last week,…
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A Dad’s Eye View
Written on February 12, 2009 by Kim Ayres
One of the things that frequently runs through my mind when I come to contribute to 5MFSN is that after almost 11 years of having a daughter with Down’s Syndrome, I don’t carry anything like the number of anxieties I did when she was born. We’ve been through the not feeding properly, the open heart…
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Where’s the button?
Written on January 15, 2009 by Kim Ayres
“I’ve got a button stuck up my nose.” “You’ve got a button stuck up your nose?” She nods and thrusts a finger up her right nostril. “I can’t get it out.” I sigh. This is the second time Meg’s climbed out of bed since we thought we’d settled her down for the night over an…
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A Matter of Etiquette
Written on December 18, 2008 by Kim Ayres
This is a topic I’ve written about on my own blog before now, but felt it was worth revisiting here – not least to get some other opinions about it. My wife and I were in the supermarket recently when we saw a mother with 2 kids – one was about 18 months old and…
Close up and personal
Written on December 11, 2008 by Kim Ayres
When I first started blogging and went in search of sites written by other parents of children with Down Syndrome, one of the things I noticed was a distinct lack of photos. Maybe it was fear of strangers seeing their children, or maybe it was just a level of ignorance about how to upload pics,…
Interesting news item about DS
Written on November 24, 2008 by Kim Ayres
Down’s births rise despite tests More Down Syndrome babies are being born [in the UK] than before pre-natal screening became widespread, figures show. The UK saw 749 Down’s births in 2006, up from 717 in 1989 when tests came in. See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7741411.stm I think this gives us all a bit more hope in the world…
Down Syndrome Barbie
Written on November 20, 2008 by Kim Ayres
Does the idea make you think, “Whoopee, where can I buy one?” or, “Oh God, my worst nightmare has just been realised.” Before you go clamouring to write to the papers expressing your outrage, or to Mattel to place an order, I should just say Down Syndrome Barbie is not currently on the market. Mind…
Losing My Religion
Written on November 13, 2008 by Kim Ayres
When I was younger I was, what my wife refers to as, “a searcher” – one who is looking for a spiritual meaning of life. I was looking for answers to how I fitted into the universe and in what shape or form a god, if s/he existed, might take. There were plenty of religions…
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Barrack Obama and the normalcy of difference
Written on November 5, 2008 by Kim Ayres
When the US Declaration of Independence was drawn up, it stated: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” But George Washington, even as he signed this, was…
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