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It's World Down Syndrome Day Topics: Books, Education, Ethics, Health & Science, Human Rights & Persecution, Life Issues, Marriage & Family, Politics & Government, Worldview The idea is "to help raise awareness of what Down syndrome is, what it means to have Down syndrome, and how people with Down syndrome play a vital role in our lives and communities." In honor of the day, here are a couple of posts by Amy Julia Becker, author of the book A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations and a Little Girl Named Penny (I have the book, in one of my enormous piles of review copies, and am hoping to actually review it one of these days!): Why Do Some See My Daughter's Life as Wrongful? What You Can't Tell about My Child with Down Syndrome Just by Looking at Her |
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In the ensuing 50 years, I've gained some experience with Downs Syndrome children. Most of them are happy and healthy. Most of them are interested and interesting. ALL of them have a heart/mind/soul that God prepared specifically to give a gift to the world. Our job is to stop long enough to figure out what that gift is!
I think that's a LOT to know about a Downs Syndrome child just by looking at her!