>>109815255I'm not going to pretend kids with Down's Syndrome aren't going to be targeted by some people, but nothing in real life compares to the cartoonish hatred 616 civilians have for mutants. You can just be raising your kid in your little house and not bothering anybody, but if that kid has blue skin, it's just a matter of time before someone firebombs your front door.
Not to mention that "giving away" a Down's Syndrome kid in real life would probably be putting them into some underfunded shitbox where, if they're lucky enough not to be sexually abused, their caretakers have their hands full just keeping the cockroaches off of the other 50 kids assigned to them individually. Xavier's is ridiculously well funded and its kids probably live in better conditions than you do now. In real-world terms, it would be akin to putting your Down's kid in a five-star hotel where they can be watched over by the world's best instructors specifically trained in educating special needs children. And yeah, they're getting attacked every other week, but as previously mentioned, the kid's not safe at home either - at least at Xavier's they've got better defenses than most heads of state.
