The Butterfly
A Mother'S Story of Her Down's Syndrome Daughter
Published on 24. May 2017
68 pages
978-1-4897-1246-2 (ISBN)
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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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Judith A. Dempsey is a retired educator who holds two Masters of Education degrees, one in Early Childhood and a second in School Counseling. When her Down's Syndrome daughter was born, she and her husband, who had a Doctorate in Public Health determined to have as normal a family life as possible while securing the appropriate and available services for their disabled daughter.
