Customer Reviews:
 Count them in June 29, 2005
M. English (Bath, England)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
What an inspiring book! How many people can say they have written a book, let alone someone with a learning disablity?
This book is written from conversations the authors, two American teenagers with Downs Syndrome, had with their parents and relatives. There are also a few articles they wrote about themselves at school.Mitchell wants to be 'in government and politics' and Jason wants to 'drive a car and date his girlfriend Tami : " She lights up my life".'
Both these boys are different in lots of ways, one is interested in himself and his immediate environment and the other has bigger plans but they both have a lovely sense of personal charm. The book is written in their own words with only the Forward written by their Mums, but you can see underneath and written between the lines, how proud these parents are of their children, their boys, NOT their Downs-Syndrome-handicapped-forever-offspring.
When Jason was born his mother was told by the Dr (and this really made my blood boil as I have a Downs Syndrome sister) :
" Go home and tell your friends and family that he died in childbirth".
If it does nothing else, this book reaffirms the important place that any child has in the life of their parents, their family and the world at large.
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