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Café Scientifique
Mon. 19 March 2018 (7:00PM-8:45PM)
The Nook│2118 Gottingen St, Halifax
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Summary

Drawing on his forthcoming book, Choosing Down Syndrome: Ethics and New Prenatal Testing Technologies, bioethicist Chris Kaposy will discuss the benefits that families enjoy when they bring children with Down syndrome into the world. Parents of children with Down syndrome have written extensively about their experiences, and social science research shows that people with Down syndrome typically have high levels of well-being, and that their families function well. These sources show that bringing a child with Down syndrome into the world can be positively transformative.

Biosketch

Chris Kaposy is an Associate Professor of Bioethics in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He has research interests in cognitive disability and bioethics. Dr. Kaposy is also a clinical ethicist with the Provincial Health Ethics Network of NL.

Sponsors

• Royal Society of Canada-Atlantic, Open Academy Program
• NTE Impact Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
• Canada Research Chairs Program