Two powerful books about life, love … and disability
July 20th, 2008
From columnist Beverly Beckham in the Boston Globe, high praise for two books:
“Gifts - Mothers Reflect on How Children with Down Syndrome Enrich Their Lives,” edited by Kathryn Soper, and
“Road Map to Holland - How I Found My Way Through My Son’s First Two Years With Down Syndrome,” by Jennifer Graf Groneberg.
Both women have sons with Down syndrome.
At a workshop at the recent convention of the National Down Syndrome Congress, a woman who had a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome said “Gifts” saved her daughter’s life. Until she read the book, she said, she and her husband were sorry for and frightened by people with disabilities.
“Gifts” took them beyond the stereotypes and showed them that “disabled” is a loaded and omissive word with all the bad left in and all the good left out.
“Road Map to Holland” does the same thing.
Two books of love stories. Two books that are already changing the way people think.
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