"Is he Downs?"

      So it begins...just an ordinary day Mason and I running errands, we were at Walmart and this older lady comes up to Mason. Started off by asking "Are you in a hurry I would love to talk with your little guy." of course I told her she could. Mason was in a silly, happy mood playing with his monkey I attached to the cart. She asked me what his name was, how old he was, then paused a second. She then looked at me and said "Is he Downs?" She said it so unassumingly. I could tell she new the answer before she asked.
      Like always after my answer is "Yes!" I get the lines that go something like this...
Ohhhh he is perfect, just precious, No matter what anyone says he is perfect the way he is, He will be fine, He looks healthy. My face looks a little something like "Okay? Did I say he wasn't perfect? Or he wasn't going to be fine? I'm just here shopping for a few things.
      I don't want to be hasty or rude but I hear these lines WAY more then I would like. Me accepting Mason was NEVER an issue, my concerns for his health, well being, and If we could give him everything he deserves was always on our worry chart but when my husband and I decided no amino during pregnancy that was because either way with or without downs he was going to be loved and accepted in our family.
     I understand there is a fascination but if a person has other disabilities like being blind, or deaf, or missing a limb of some kind, do people approach them? I'm torn with my feelings on being approached, partially because I'm not sure what these complete strangers are going to say and how I am going to react. Or maybe I feel its odd because I wouldn't dare walk up to someone and have the conversation like this lady and I did today. 

      The other day at the pool there were these ladies who walked up to Mason and was in complete awe over him.They took pictures of him, wanted to hold him, and couldn't stop talking about how cute he was.  I said to my friend "I'm always uncomfortable because I don't know if they are feeling sorry for him because they see his disability or if they see this adorable cute face." She assured me Mason is a cute boy so that was probably the case."
      I understand people are going to notice his disability now that he is getting older it is far more noticeable but I'm not sure I could ever get used to it.