Children with Down syndrome endured terrible abuse throughout the Victorian era. Many were left to die in hospitals, their deaths quietly attributed to “natural causes.” At home, they were frequently concealed away, sent to asylums, or disconnected from their families – out of sight, out of mind. The term “Mongol” was used back then, coinedContinue reading “Down Syndrome: Heartbreaking Cruelty”
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It Never Occurred To Us That He Would Carry The Coffin Of The Queen
The mother of one of the Queen’s pallbearers said she was beyond proud of her son and had no idea that he would be carrying Her Majesty’s coffin until she saw images of the rehearsal online. David Sanderson, from Morpeth, Northumberland, was one of the eight soldiers from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards to beContinue reading “It Never Occurred To Us That He Would Carry The Coffin Of The Queen”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 