On my Bookshelf

Since Kaleb's birth, I've been soaking up books by parents who are on the road of raising a child with Down syndrome.  I love the way each book celebrates the worth of individuals with Down syndrome and the families who courageously raise their children to be future world changers.

The Lucky Few by Heather Avis

Scoot Over and Make Some Room by Heather Avis

A Good and Perfect Gift by Amy Julia Becker

Bloom by Kelle Hampton

The Shape of the Eye by George Estreich

An Uncomplicated Life by Paul Daughtery

Road Map to Holland by Jennifer Graf Groneberg

The Year my Son and I Were Born by Kathryn Lynard Soper

Gifts Edited by Kathryn Lynard Soper

Expecting Adam by Martha Beck

Also highly recommended: 
A Slant of Sun, by Beth Kephart: This national book award finalist is a beautifully written memoir of a mother and son's journey to healing.  At the age of two, Kephart's son is diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder not otherwise specified, a disorder that falls on the autism spectrum.  Kephart's memoir is about one mother's insistence that the world make room for her son and that he make room for it. 

Fully Alive by Timothy Shriver: A social history of the Special Olympics and the way it changed how we see, treat and include individuals with disabilities.