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Down Syndrome: Living and Learning in the Community

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Wish I had seen this book when our daughter was born. This covers every angle of Down Syndrome and has entries at every level from the anecdote to the academic paper. A wealth of bibliographic info for more research. What I liked most was the overwhelmingly positive tone of all the information.

... this is a great book that Ihighly recommend.

This book is essentially a collection of articles written across the decades. Most are early to mid-90s at the latest, and many of the programs discussed are no longer in place today. It is somewhat interesting from a historical/science perspective, but not very practical or helpful if you are reading it for insight/guidance on a loved one with DS living in 2010. Other than a few anecdotes and short stories from parents and individuals with DS, it largely reads like a series of excerpts from graduate students' thesis papers. Nine years of post secondary education, and I still had to skim to get myself through it.

I haven't read the book yet, but please tell the editor that DS is *NOT* a disease! It is a disorder. Please correct this mistake in her paragraph! Thank you.