Today I bring you an emotional short titled "The 1000 miles of Luca" ('Luca's thousand miles') which tells the story of how an Argentine father received the news that his newborn son had Down Syndrome.
He says that as soon as he received the news, he lost consciousness. When she recovered it, she spent two days in a row crying. However, little by little he stopped thinking about the diagnosis and began to focus on his son, Luca. A very close relationship has been forged between the two that is revealed in this short:
[mashshare]Some statistical facts about Down Syndrome
According to data from the World Health Organization, the number of affected by Down Syndrome worldwide is one in 1.100 children who come to the world. Every year, between 3.000 and 5.000 newborns have this chromosomal disorder, which consists of having an extra chromosome 21.
In Spain there are approximately 31.000 people with this syndrome. The good news is that 99% of those affected are happy. Parents, in many cases, take it worse.
According to the data provided by the person in charge of the Down Foundation in Spain, about 96% of mothers who are pregnant with a child with Down syndrome choose to have an abortion, all this despite the fact that in recent times the life expectancy of those affected has increased to 60 years and that these people are increasingly autonomous. Source