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Abnormalities, Human Etiology Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker) 1892-1973 Children with disabilities Family relationships Children with mental disabilities United States Family relationships Down syndrome Patients United States Mothers and daughters United States Mothers and daughters United States Biography Parents of children with disabilities Parents of children with disabilities United States Biography United StatesFilter By Subjects
Abnormalities, Human Etiology Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker) 1892-1973 Children with disabilities Family relationships Children with mental disabilities United States Family relationships Down syndrome Patients United States Mothers and daughters United States Mothers and daughters United States Biography Parents of children with disabilities Parents of children with disabilities United States Biography United StatesSummary: "FAR FROM THE TREE follows families meeting extraordinary challenges through love, empathy, and understanding. This life-affirming documentary encourages us to cherish loved ones for all they are, not who they might have been. Based on Andrew Solomon's award-winning, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling non-fiction book "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sundance Selects 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FARNix, Megan
Summary: "An inspiring memoir and work of fierce advocacy by a mother whose child is born deaf, leading her to investigate and expose a preventable virus that causes more childhood disabilities than any other--but is kept quiet by the medical community. One virus causes more birth defects and disabilities in children than any other infectious disease, yet 93% of Americans don't know it exists. In 2015,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NIX, MEGAN NIXHampton, Kelle.
Summary: "The author of the popular blog Enjoying the Small Things interweaves lyrical prose and stunning four-color photography as she recounts the story of the first year of her daughter Nella--who has Down syndrome--and celebrates the beauty found in the unexpected, the strength of a mother's love, and, ultimately, the amazing power of perspective"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAMPTON, KELLE HAMBuck, Pearl S
Summary: The author's account of her struggle to help and understand her mentally retarded daughter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Woodbine House 1992