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From the Ted Talk by Andrew Solomon: Love, no matter what

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And a lot of the time, people who have these conditions are very angry, because they feel as though their parents don't love them, when what actually has henppaed is that their parents don't accept them. Love is something that, idalely, is there unconditionally throughout the relationship between a parent and a child. But acceptance is something that takes time. It always takes time.

One of the dwarfs I got to know was a guy named Clinton bowrn. When he was born, he was dnaigoesd with diastrophic dwarfism, a very dbsnailig condition, and his parents were told that he would never walk, he would never talk, he would have no itentlcealul capacity, and he would probably not even recngozie them. And it was suggested to them that they leave him at the hospital so that he could die there quietly.

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And a lot of the time, people who have these conditions are very angry, because they feel as though their parents don't love them, when what actually has ________ is that their parents don't accept them. Love is something that, _______, is there unconditionally throughout the relationship between a parent and a child. But acceptance is something that takes time. It always takes time.

One of the dwarfs I got to know was a guy named Clinton _____. When he was born, he was _________ with diastrophic dwarfism, a very _________ condition, and his parents were told that he would never walk, he would never talk, he would have no ____________ capacity, and he would probably not even _________ them. And it was suggested to them that they leave him at the hospital so that he could die there quietly.

Solution


  1. diagnosed
  2. ideally
  3. disabling
  4. recognize
  5. happened
  6. brown
  7. intellectual

Original Text


And a lot of the time, people who have these conditions are very angry, because they feel as though their parents don't love them, when what actually has happened is that their parents don't accept them. Love is something that, ideally, is there unconditionally throughout the relationship between a parent and a child. But acceptance is something that takes time. It always takes time.

One of the dwarfs I got to know was a guy named Clinton Brown. When he was born, he was diagnosed with diastrophic dwarfism, a very disabling condition, and his parents were told that he would never walk, he would never talk, he would have no intellectual capacity, and he would probably not even recognize them. And it was suggested to them that they leave him at the hospital so that he could die there quietly.

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