tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502307737528869885.post8833181457703803777..comments2023-10-18T04:53:53.843-07:00Comments on Finnian's Journey: Connecting the RainbowLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07604477175816651214noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502307737528869885.post-62887425074941696972010-01-28T22:56:37.082-08:002010-01-28T22:56:37.082-08:00Oh..I didn't know this! I too will have to st...Oh..I didn't know this! I too will have to steal this and share also!The Hapa Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13833292317486709616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502307737528869885.post-47752312925332489332010-01-28T19:17:12.022-08:002010-01-28T19:17:12.022-08:00Thank you SO MUCH for helping us spread the word a...Thank you SO MUCH for helping us spread the word about Connecting the Rainbow! The previous posted mentioned the therapists in Eastern Europe. What the families have told us is, unlike in the US, they are not allowed to watch any therapy sessions. They have NO idea what, if anything, the therapists are doing with their children. They're given NO information about things to work on, or what to expect. Mostly because the therapists are still telling them their kids aren't every going to be doing anything anyway, so they're wasting their time. The GOOD thing is, here in the US we could pay as much as $180 per one hour therapy session, but there? $15.00!!!!! So, very affordable if a family here wanted to sponsor a family there for a year of therapy sessions or something!<br /><br />Anyway, thanks again for helping us spread the word! ~Leah~ Connecting the RainbowLeah Springhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326240393099112570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502307737528869885.post-8561674439078549772010-01-28T11:25:19.431-08:002010-01-28T11:25:19.431-08:00Interesting-=-I just saw that blog last night! I&#...Interesting-=-I just saw that blog last night! I'm from Eastern Europe, actually, and I can attest that it is true. You simply do not EVER see any children with Down Syndrome on the streets- not only in Eastern Europe but I would say in most countries in Europe. I know exactly where one such facility is as it was always on the way to the center of the city where I lived. That is the place where these children live and probably do not go out much. I have to say, though, that Eastern Europeans have also one of the best physicial therapists in the world and there is a world-famous rehab center for children born with other disasbilities/diseases. Cerebral Palsy is one of them. There are many many foreign families that live near these rehab centers as they cannot get the same care in their own (Western) countries. <br /><br />But it is very sad that most children with DS are not regarded as human beings like you and I are regarded/looked at and that parents give up their children this way. I do not feel that it's right, either. Not a bit.Esther and Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04596248430419281945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502307737528869885.post-56555633697721077682010-01-28T05:46:50.067-08:002010-01-28T05:46:50.067-08:00Thanks for the info Lisa! This is great! I will ...Thanks for the info Lisa! This is great! I will definitely help spread the word!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02643251885429921088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502307737528869885.post-80521548418210738942010-01-27T23:00:45.386-08:002010-01-27T23:00:45.386-08:00WONDERFUL POST!!! I may need to steal it word for ...WONDERFUL POST!!! I may need to steal it word for word soon :)!!!The Sanchez Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193773268823617205noreply@blogger.com