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...their eyes to the possibilities of these kinds of kids?" asks Patricia Bauer, a former editor at the Washington Post. Her daughter Margaret, 21, has Down, and is, according to her mother, an avid reader, Red Sox fan and downloader of Internet recipes as well as a "source of joy and delight to her family." Says Bauer, who makes a point of saying she is not a churchgoer: "Most of the people who make these decisions don't know an individual who has Down syndrome. They don't know about the advances in recent years...
...whether they're overprescribed and the sundry other medical, ethical and ideological questions that swirl around these drugs, it's worth acknowledging that depression in its most severe form is a crippling condition. Over time, sufferers of melancholic depression (formerly known as endogenous depression) lose the ability to feel joy, excitement, empathy - just about anything except a gnawing dread. They eat without appetite and their sleeping patterns are shot to bits. Imagine being alone at 3 a.m., having just awoken from a nightmare. That, depressed people say, is a hint of how they feel in every waking moment...
...Terms of Frontierment.” School officials expressed their gratitude for the Theatricals’ continued dedication to arts in education. Judith Contrucci, K-12 coordinator for visual and performing arts for Cambridge Public Schools, said her reaction was one of “astonishment and joy.” “The Hasty Pudding Theatricals have made one of the most altruistic gestures I’ve ever encountered in 33 years in education,” she said. “They feel so passionate about arts that they are willing to go to extreme lengths...
...gently gibed throughout the book, are depicted in an engagingly human light. Shortly before leaving he takes a bottle of cognac meant for the head of the animation studio and gives it to his grumpy guide, Mr. Sin, who is ecstatic. "One of the few moments of real joy I witnessed," Delisle writes...
Prabhas Pokharel ’09, who comes from Nepal, described the event as a chance to “share joy among each other...