How would you feel if your child become disabled?

I did and it changed nothing. I adopted my son knowing he had Down syndrome. What I didn't know was he had a far worse disability - he was born addicted to cocaine. It did not change the person I loved. I only hated the system more for failing him. My love for him is unconditional and I wouldn't change him if I could.

That's an interesting question as there are multiple types of disabilities.

Firstly it would be good to know my background. I am the youngest child out of three kids. There's my older brother, who is by far the most normal of us, my older sister who has severe cerebral palsy and will never walk or talk (she has the mentality of an infant), and then there is me, I have spent years trying to overcome ADHD, bipolar, and mild Asperger's.

If I had a child born with a disability I would have absolutely no issue with it because I am so used to it. However, my boyfriend is not quite as used to it as I am and it takes him a little time to get used to things. In fact we have been dating for almost a year and he still seems very nervous around my sister.

But I am so used to this by now that I have even thought about adopting children with disabilities.

If my child is born with a debilitating physical and mental disability that they can never overcome (such as my sister) then there is not much that can be done. However, if my child was born with a disability such as mine I would always push them to succeed and to do their best since I know it can be done. Not only can a child with a behavioral disorder over come it, but they can often succeed more than the so called normal students.

First off I would like to say, I myself had a disability trust upon me, ( car-accident) was the passenger. anyway I hate that word " disability " If I had a child who had a major speed bump in life and ended up being disabled I would tell the child to always keep a good attitude about life, and that he is just mislabeled never disabled ! God-Bless

my son has a learning disability that we didn't find out about until he was nine. it made me worried for his future, but it didn't change the way i felt about him. i did everything i could to help make his disability have as little impact on him as possible -- especially, making sure that he was treated properly and fairly at school -- both educationally and socially, by teachers and students -- and when that *didn't* happen, i homeschooled him (from 6th-8th grade).

he went back to public school in 9th grade, fit in very well, with lots of friends and several girlfriends over the years (it also doesn't hurt that he happens to be very cute, lol). he graduated this past june, got his driver's license and a part-time job, and just completed his first semester at college (majoring in business), with two A's and two B's. he's also extremely gifted on electric guitar and one of the funniest people around. life is good. :)

Well I'm visually impaired and my mom was really upset. She treats me no different than she did before knowing.

I would feel like you don't need details of how I would feel for your own ghoulish fascinations.

I would treat them NO different and love them.