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Thanks Hillary, That makes me feel alot better. So what was you birth weight and

height and what is it now If you don't mind me asking. Iam excited to talk with

someone who has RSS and not just the guess. Can you tell me more about yourself?

Tori just started gymnastics and loves it. When and who diagnosed you. Iam sorry

If I am rambling on. My life has been in high gear lately. Anyway Thanks

My take on Size/Age

> Correlation Question

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> My parents introduced the idea of size not equaling

> age by giving me examples. There was a family that

> we

> were good friends with that had a daughter who had

> 's Syndrome and my parents would always point

> out that we were the same size but that she was

> older.

> My younger brother and I are only 18 months apart,

> so

> my parents would also use him as an example, " You're

> older than even though he is taller than you. "

> I

> think it's really important to also be careful of

> " sizist " language. Instead of saying you can do

> such

> and such when you're bigger, say you can do such and

> such when you're older. I also think it's really

> important for kids to be treated as their age, not

> their size by EVERYONE in their lives (not just

> parents). My parents never carried me after a

> certain

> age because age wise it was inappropriate. I

> remember

> begging to be carried and saying things like, " but

> my

> legs are smaller! " My parents would always respond

> with something along the lines of, " People your age

> don't get carried. If we're walking too fast, we'd

> be

> happy to slow down so you don't get so tired. " I

> don't remember them doing anything else to help me

> understand that size does not necessarily correlate

> to

> age, I think I just eventually got it (and would be

> the first to correct people when they treated me

> younger than I should have been because of my

> size!).

>

> ~Hillary

> 22, RSS

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