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Living with Trisomy 13 - Patau's Syndrome

Katya Maria Sansalone

25 August 2001

Canada - Full Trisomy 13

All photos Copyright - S. N. Sansalone & Family

 

Katya is one of the happiest people we have ever known.

Some health details: Tetralogy of Fallot repair cardiac surgery done in Toronto in 2001. Multiple GI Surgeries, other surgeries.

No current/remaining life-threatening conditions. (Over 40 other non-life-threatening medical conditions being followed).


Father: Sam N. Sansalone
 

More Information:

CFMU Radio; Hamilton, Ontario; disRespect with Geoff Langhorne; radio interview 090430, as reformatted and rebroadcasted on second occasion in '09
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/36742

Speech to the Press, US Capitol, 15 September 2009; audio MP3
http://www.cwfamedia.org/media/cw20090916e.mp3
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/17734/CWA/freedom/index.htm

LifeSiteNews.com editorial where they correlate similar cases and views in the country and making an interesting broader ethical/societal application:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jan/10012009.html

The Steve Malzberg Show; WOR 710 AM, New York
The Case of Baby Isaiah
 

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University of Alberta; CACL National Series of Public Dialogues, Alberta Segment, October 2007:

Part 1 of Panelist SNS's Reporting: "Living With Trisomy 13, Part 1: Stereotype Propagation and the Illusion of Choice”"
http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/living-with-trisomy-13-stereotype-propagation-and-the-illision-of-choice/

Part 2 of Panelist SNS's Reporting: "The Monitor"
http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/living-with-trisomy-13-part-2-the-monitor/

Partial Follow-up Commentary by SNS: "Vulnerability, Trust, and Confrontation"
http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/vulnerability-trust-and-confrontation/

Concluding Commentary: "Disability, Individual Autonomy, and Systematic Devaluation"
http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/disability-individual-autonomy-and-systematic-devaluation/

The rest of the videos from that event can be found at:
http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/the-modern-pursuit-of-human-perfection-the-full-story/

Regarding the University's What Sorts of People research project for context:
http://www.whatsorts.net/

Additional related links at http://whatsortsofpeople.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/the-modern-pursuit-of-human-perfection-the-full-story/

 

 

Submitted 2-5-2010

The views expressed on this website/publication do not necessarily reflect the views of S. N. Sansalone or the Sansalone family