Telling Your Child Not to Stare at My Child Isn’t the Polite Thing to Do

An open letter from the mom of a kid with a rare disability

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I frequently sense that I am being watched. My son’s microcephaly (small head) and syndromic features stand out to passersby. His head is about the size of a nine- or ten-month-old so kids often mistake him as a baby, although he is too tall…