The Butterfly: A Mother’S Story of Her Down's Syndrome Daughter

ISBN-10: 1489712461
ISBN-13: 9781489712462
Series: The Butterfly
Category: Family & Relationships
Pages: 68
Language: English
Published: 2017-05-24
Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
Author: Judith A. Dempsey

Description

This is the story of one familys journey with their daughter who has Downs syndrome from her birth in 1962 to her death in 2014 at the age of fifty-one. It also chronicles societys response to persons with disabilities from institutionalization for life to, more recently, living with families or in group homes and, for those who are able, training and employment.

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Other editions

The Butterfly: Down in the Garden
- 2015-07-02
- 22 pages
- Ebook
- Cambridge Town Press
The Butterfly
- 2005-06-01
- 24 pages
- Paperback
- Usborne Pub Limited
The Butterfly
- 2002
- 190 pages
- Paperback
- Trafford Publishing
The Butterfly
- 2000
- 48 pages
- Paperback
- Philomel

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