TN family upset picture of son with Down syndrome used online NASHVILLE, April 29 (UPI) -- A Nashville couple has filed a lawsuit against Cox Media and others for using an altered image of their son who has Down syndrome on their websites. The lawsuits, filed in federal court by Pamela and Bernard Holland, called the images "offensive" and "defamatory," ABC News reported. According to the lawsuit, a radio station in Tampa, Fla., that is owned by Cox Media Group, used a picture of the Hollands' son Adam, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth, holding picture he drew in an art class. However, the image on the radio station's website had Adam's picture erased and "Retarded News" added to the sign. Cox Media is listed as a defendant in the lawsuit. A second defendant is Dave Brown, owner and chief executive officer of Sign Generator, a website that used the picture of Adam, this time holding a sign that said, "Retarded Handicap Generator." The photo sharing site Flickr was also named as a defendant in the lawsuit for using the image. On that site, Adam is shown holding a sign that reads, "I got a [expletive]." The Hollands said the "unauthorized, deceptive, false, misleading and defamatory images of Adam Holland were intentional, deliberate and malicious," caused "severe mental anguish and emotional distress with manifestations that impact their daily lives and routines, humiliation, embarrassment, fear, and other non-economic damages and also their economic damages." The defendants have not commented on the lawsuit.