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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Changing perspectives on Down syndrome

The sibling of a girl with Down syndrome is working to change peoples' perspectives and provide more information to parents who discover the diagnosis in their child, a Catholic paper reports. Horrified by the 90% abortion rate statistic, Kristin Lanari decided to take action.

Lanari figured if there were more information and education available about “Down’s people,” doctors would be less inclined to recommend abortion and families would be less inclined to take that recommendation. With a grant from the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities, she is compiling reflections for a book of stories about having a sibling with Down syndrome. Lanari hopes the books can be distributed to clinics, hospitals and schools to help families who learn the condition exists in their baby.
via Catholic News Service

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I recently stumbled upon your blog post about my book. If anyone is interested in more information about the book, Walk With Me, which will be released shortly, you can visit www.lanari.net and click on "Sibling Book." Many of the book's stories talk about the siblings' faith and how it affects their lives. Also to clarify, I was misquoted in this Compass article by saying "Down's people." The proper terminology is "people with Down syndrome," and I hope that others will also use this people-first wording.