{"id":221580,"date":"2020-04-12T15:53:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T20:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=221580"},"modified":"2020-04-10T23:19:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T04:19:33","slug":"father-son-down-syndrome-special-intuition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/father-son-down-syndrome-special-intuition\/","title":{"rendered":"Father says son with Down syndrome ‘has a special intuition’ about people"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the pro-life documentary Pro-Life Without Exception<\/a>, Jim Hartman, father of Jesse, who has Down syndrome, spoke about the ways in which raising a child with the condition has improved his life. He also testifies to the worth of a child with a disability.<\/p>\n

Hartman writes that when Jesse was born, and the family realized he was different, they were afraid for the future. But when they discovered Jesse had Down syndrome, they resolved to raise him with love. This has been deeply rewarding:<\/p>\n

Sure, we had a little bit of fear when we first had a child who was different and we didn’t know what was wrong, and not knowing can be fearful. We resolved in our heart[s], mostly through prayer and [we made a] decision that he’s a blessing, and we treat him so. And boy, that turned out to be the case.<\/em><\/p>\n

Although Jesse had unique medical issues, these challenges were surmountable:<\/p>\n

Certainly, we had some challenges, but they were nothing compared to the blessings. So, there were some medical challenges along the way, but we had medical challenges with other children too\u2026 If we have a child who breaks a leg, we get it fixed. That’s just the way parents are. You don’t decide that it’s got a value \u2013 okay, it costs too much \u2013 because we would give everything we had for any one of our children, including him.<\/em><\/p>\n