thought it was a local thing. Kids here were apparently taught in school about handicaps and I thought that was it. Kids showed their best when around my daughter and I was so proud of those kids!! They always appreciated her abilities. I remember a boy playing cars with my son, my daughter went in and took one of the cars and did what they did. He came to me and said, "She plays with cars!". So happy for her! Later they went downstairs and played on a bigger floor. He said "She goes down stairs!!". My daughter will never learn to walk but she can go up and down stairs!!!!