I have linked and discussed Cassy (Fiano here, she writes under her maiden name and her married name Chesser as well) many times in the past. she gets some nice ink here.
The irony is, down syndrome is a very mild birth defect, and those that are afflicted with it are actually in demand in adoption circles because while some families have the time and money to handle a special needs child, many don't have a handicapable friendly home or the desire to provide such care for 18 years.
al is kind of like my father in law. He doesn't require knowledge about a topic to talk like he has knowledge about a topic. Nothing but love and admiration for those families raise a child with downs with love and affection, either through birth or adoption, but to characterize downs as mild is pretty ****ing dumb and far from ironic. I shared this post with two families who are friends, both with a child with downs. The both felt that despite deeply loving their child as much as a parent can, "mild" was just an ignorant (dumbass) thing to say. They though the link was nice, so he's got that going for him.