{"id":75174,"date":"2015-09-30T07:48:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T11:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=75174"},"modified":"2015-09-30T14:01:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T18:01:47","slug":"princess-dianas-goddaughter-fires-back-reality-star-said-syndrome-put","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/princess-dianas-goddaughter-fires-back-reality-star-said-syndrome-put\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Diana’s goddaughter fires back at reality star who said those with Down syndrome should be ‘put down’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Domenica Lawson was born 20 years ago, Princess Diana, a friend of Lawson’s mother, asked if she could be the child’s godmother. Lawson was born with Down syndrome, and Diana is shown in photographs carrying the newborn baby out of the hospital. As the girl grew, Diana\u00a0would bring her\u00a0to an inclusive theater company, helping her to thrive.<\/p>\n

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On September 13, Ursula Presgrave, a former cast member of the UK reality TV show The Call Centre, posted the following statement on Facebook, which has now been deleted:<\/p>\n

Anyone born with down syndrome should be put down, it’s just cruel to let them lead a pointless life of a vegetable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The ignorant statement didn’t sit well with Lawson and she wrote a response to Presgrave on Facebook saying:<\/p>\n

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[…] you should think before you said that because it might hurt people. […] We are real people with Down’s syndrome, we are all born this way and we are not like vegetables. That’s a mad thing to say, this is my life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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