I feel raped, used and oh so love my son.................

Indy’s Child parenting magazine decided to use Nash and two other children from IDSF on their cover, Anthony and Mackenzie, in a nice summer pool setting, not to promote summer fun, but to use them for the “Maternity Issue” with a big tag line by their heads “Understanding the Results is Key for Prenatal Screening Tests" topped off with an article written by a woman that had prenatal testing but said “We’re fortunate. Our child was born without Down syndrome”. (ok, reluctantly acknowledging the copyright to Indy's Child) No “other side of the story” to assist with information from a parent, who has a child with Down syndrome, no information about the Indiana Down Syndrome Foundation contacts for parents that have positive results for Down syndrome if they chose prenatal testing………nothing. Nothing to help provide accurate information to the parents who receive a prenatal diagnosis and to try and decreased the uninformed percentage that choose to abort their child that has Trisomy 21. I am devastated. I feel our kids were used, for all the reasons we fight against. I feel all the efforts we put forth for inclusion and advocacy were just flushed down the toilet. I am devastated on a personal note, because I was led to believe this was a positive spin on our kids, and something I could cherish as something wonderful for our son and our local Ds community. Instead, Nash was used as a reason, for all pregnant moms, to do prenatal testing........like some kind of freak. I am trying to get past the emotions but can’t- Jeff is on the phone to gather input from his buddies at our local ARC on how to respond, but it has to be in a positive way. Right now I feel anything but positive………… More later when I can focus. UPDATE: For those wonderful people who want to write their side of the story to Mr. Wynne, the editor, here is the information. editor@indyschild.com Indy's Child Magazine Attn: Tom Wynne, Editor 1901 Broad Ripple Ave. Indianapolis, IN 46220 Here is the article if you would like to read it. Thank god its been pulled from the Indy's Child website along with the cover picture. 7/6/ UPDATE Received a call from the VP of Indy's Child today. The Publisher and the editor (married couple) are in London vacationing and will return July 10th. Profusely apologetic he was, they never have received a response like this, positive or negative, in their 20 year history, meeting to be scheduled asap upon their return. While its good to be acknowledged, what is sad is that he said they had NO IDEA what they did.....we have some advocating to do people.