Download or read book Fasten Your Seatbelt written by Brian Skotko and published by Special Needs Collection. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even the closest brothers and sisters don't always get along or understand each other. Add a disability like Down syndrome to the mix, and that sibling relationship gets even more complicated, especially for teenagers. Fasten Your Seatbelt is the first book written exclusively for teens with a brother or sister with Down syndrome. In an easy-to-read, question & answer format, it tackles a broad range of their most common issues and concerns. Nearly 100 questions--all posed by teen siblings--are grouped into the following categories: Facts and stats about Down syndrome How people with Down syndrome learn Handling parent and family conflicts Dealing with your sibling's frustrating behaviors Managing uncomfortable situations Sorting out your feelings Becoming an advocate What the future holds for you and your sibling Finding local and national resources Thoughtful, knowledgeable answers are provided by Brian Skotko, the brother of a young woman with Down syndrome, and Sue Levine, a social worker focused on sibling issues for the past 30 years. Fasten Your Seatbelt gives teens the green light to explore their own feelings and questions about their sibling with Down syndrome and how their relationship may change in the future. Wondering whats on their minds? Here are a few sample questions from the book: Why does my brother always have temper tantrums? How can one extra chromosome make someone so different? Can my sister with Down syndrome marry someday? Will my brother be able to live on his own as an adult?

Download or read book My Sister Is Special My Sister Has Down Syndrome written by Marta Schmidt-Mendez and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-18 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In My Sister is Special, My Sister Has Down Syndrome, Olivia prepares for the birth of her sister. She practices caring for a baby using her special doll. Her parents have prepared her for her role as a big sister, yet when her sister is born, all is not as Olivia presumed it would be. She is not allowed to help care for her sister. There are no celebrations of her sister's birth. Her family is sad. Her mother cries a lot. Each time that Olivia asks questions she is only told to go to play with her doll. As the story concludes Olivia reminds us all of what we should already know, a child is more than a diagnosis. My Sister is Special, My Sister Has Down Syndrome showcases the resiliency of children who can come to a place of acceptance so much sooner than adults. When a child is born with a disability, parents mourn what could have been. They may be in shock and grieving, needing time to adjust. When there are other children in the family, parents may be too involved in their own grief to understand the impact that this unexpected occurrence is having on the other children. Children see the adults grieving and stressed and may not understand what is happening. They too may have been preparing for the birth of their sibling and what may be taking place is not what they expected either. It is important for adults to remember that children need reassurance, an explanation and to know that they are loved and included. This book is written by a Child Development Specialist to assist families in similar situations.

Download or read book My Sister Alicia May written by Nancy Tupper Ling and published by Pleasant Street Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel describes both the love and the frustration she feels in dealing with her sister, Alicia May, who has Down syndrome.

Download or read book I Love My Sister With Down Syndrome written by Greenyx Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What has blank pages but is very useful? An unruled composition book! It is simple, durable, versatile and free of lines. Whether you need a composition book for journaling or drawing, this is the perfect tool for you to express yourself without the limitations and boundaries of lines. It offers a good opportunity for children to write without relying on the lines. It teaches them to become more conscious of placing the print on the page rather than just filling up the lines. It is also ideal for sketching, note taking, drawing, doodling, brainstorming, outlining, doing math and many more.

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Download or read book Up Not Down Syndrome written by Nancy M. Schwartz and published by Modern History Press. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up, Not Down Syndrome is a love letter and a map. Experience how it feels to think your life is over after having an unlovable baby. At first the loss seems impossible to overcome. Alex becomes the author's greatest teacher. Love is stronger than fear. Everyone has gifts. The book consists of three parts: the story, the lessons Alex taught the writer and Alex's perspective. Up, Not Down Syndrome is a promise to stay positive, no matter what: up, not down. Nancy's journey gets to the core of what it is to be human: * Explore what it feels like to think life, as you know it, is over. * Discover the fierce love, joy and peace a baby diagnosed with Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) brings. * Learn the lessons this child taught his mom. * Understand the gift this baby brings to our world. * Realize the depth of the love this family has for the child. "A beautiful, honest account of not just accepting--but embracing--the unknown. Nancy shows us the blessing of an unexpected gift and the enormity of love." --Sara Byala, Ph.D. "This is a wonderful book to remind you that the joy of love is possible in unexpected places when you open your heart to it." --Barbara Taylor Bowman, Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Development "A moving and wise story of how a family navigates through hope, loss, learning and, most of all, love." --Rabbi David Wolpe, author of David: The Divided Heart "The truth and beauty of Nancy Schwartz's words tell an ongoing story of love, learning and the power of acceptance. All can learn from this family's boundless hope and from their source of joy and strength: Alex." --April Beard, Music Educator and Cellist Learn more at www.UpNotDownBook.com From Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com

Download or read book I Love My Sister With Down Syndrome written by Greenyx Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-02 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A system of note taking is widely recognized and known since it is commonly taught to university students and it is called the Cornell Note Taking Method. It is divided into two columns: the right column is for the note-taking, while the left one is for the questions and keywords. It's a perfect book for categorizing and putting your notes in order to make it more organized so it's easier to scan and review. With its note-organization feature, it is very popular to a lot of students and it can also be used for meetings and lectures. Grab yours now!

Download or read book When Things Are Alive They Hum written by Hannah Bent and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australian Women’s Weekly Great Read Shortlisted Indie Book Awards for Debut Fiction Woman & Home Books of the Year Shortlisted MUD Literary Prize​ Shortlisted ABIA Award for General Fiction Shortlisted ABIA Matt Richell Award New Writer of the Year ‘Hannah Bent’s outstanding debut is a wise, wondrous celebration of life.’ – The Australian ‘Hannah Bent has created a literary heroine of such pure beauty she takes your breath away.’ – Australian Women’s Weekly ‘Read it if you like: Your sister, anything by Trent Dalton, having a good cry, and My Sister’s Keeper.’ – Mamamia Marlowe and Harper share a bond deeper than most sisters, shaped by the loss of their mother in childhood. For Harper, living with what she calls the Up syndrome and gifted with an endless capacity for wonder, Marlowe and she are connected by an invisible thread, like the hum that connects all things. For Marlowe, they are bound by her fierce determination to keep Harper, born with a congenital heart disorder, alive. Now twenty-five, Marlowe is living abroad when she receives the devastating call that Harper’s heart is failing and she is being denied a transplant by the medical establishment. Marlowe rushes to her childhood home in Hong Kong to be by Harper’s side and soon has to answer the question – what lengths would you go to save your sister? When Things are Alive They Hum poses profound questions about the nature of love and existence, the ways grief changes us, and how we confront the hand fate has dealt us. Intensely moving, exquisitely written and literally humming with wonder, it is a novel that celebrates life in all its guises, and what comes after. PRAISE FOR WHEN THINGS ARE ALIVE THEY HUM ‘When literature is alive it hums, and rattles and warms and hurts and heals. Hannah Bent and her wondrous Harper and Marlowe have changed the way I’ve been going about my days. What a gift.’ – Trent Dalton, author of Boy Swallows Universe and All Our Shimmering Skies ‘A simply beautiful novel.’ – Good Reading ‘...what stayed with me was the achingly beautiful portrayal of the love between the two sisters. If I had a sister, that is how I would like to feel.’ – Nicole Abadee, Sydney Morning Herald ‘heartbreakingly beautiful’ – Family Circle

Download or read book Super readable YA The Last Days of Archie Maxwell written by Annabel Pitcher and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of love, humour and heartbreak, this beautifully crafted YA novella from the multi-award-winning author of Ketchup Clouds and My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece is a compassionate and distinctive tale of modern family life and its issues.

Download or read book I Love My Sister With Down Syndrome written by Greenyx Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing can ever beat how exemplary these ruled composition notebooks are. It is exceptionally well known in business, home and office use, K-12 school children and college students in the university, and even those with individuals bigger hand writing since it is shows up clearer with regards to reading. Regardless of whether it is for scribbling down thoughts you get in a gathering, taking down notes amidst classes, composing your diary entries for the day, it is the perfect notebook for journaling and note taking, wherever you might be at the moment. Snatch yourself a copy now and begin writing!

Download or read book Expecting Adam written by Martha Beck and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A candid and moving memoir of how one woman’s pregnancy forced her to confront her definition of how to live a successful life “Slyly ironic, frequently hilarious, [Martha] Beck’s memoir charts the journey from being smart to becoming wise.”—Time This edition includes a new afterword about Adam. From the moment Martha and her husband, John, accidentally conceived their second child, all hell broke loose. They were a couple obsessed with success. After years of matching IQs and test scores with less driven peers, they had two Harvard degrees apiece and were gunning for more. They’d plotted out a future in the most vaunted ivory tower of academe. But when their unborn son, Adam, was diagnosed with Down syndrome, doctors, advisers, and friends in the Harvard community warned them that if they decided to keep the baby, they would lose all hope of achieving their carefully crafted goals. Fortunately, that’s exactly what happened. By the time Adam was born, Martha and John were propelled into a world in which they were forced to redefine everything of value to them, put all their faith in miracles, and trust that they could fly without a net. And it worked. Expecting Adam captures the abject terror and exhilarating freedom of facing impending parenthood, being forced to question one’s deepest beliefs, and rewriting life’s rules.

Download or read book The Down Syndrome Diary written by Jamie Freeman and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If ever a book had a soul, it would be the one you're reading about right now. In 2013, when her son was just six months old, a new mama walked into a bookstore and bought a beautiful, leather-bound journal. Inside she proceeded to pour her soul out and tell her story. What story? The story of what it's truly like to have a child with Down syndrome...the story she wished she could have read the day she found out she would be part of that club. She then packed up the journal and sent it off to her friend many miles away in northern Ontario, Canada. Social media outlets had brought them together, and the sharing of this tangible journal began to bring them even closer. The spirit of the book began to grow as the diary embarked on a journey through twenty-six homes in four different countries finally making its way back into the hands of that original mama.As the stories were told and the torch was passed, The Down Syndrome Diary was born. A journal filled with words, pictures, tears, and even a few wine stains became the greatest gift someone could receive upon hearing that their child has Down syndrome. Opening these pages will give you a glance into the amazing work of art that journal became.Enjoy!

Download or read book I Love My Sister with Down Syndrome written by Greenyx Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-29 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you been wanting to personally keep track of your monthly expenses? Then all you need is a journal that guarantees convenience. Easy to fill out, this simple, old-fashioned accounting tool can keep your budget in order and it can keep accurate bookkeeping records. It will help you work more efficiently, smarter and better at tracking your expenses. It has ample room for writing the Date, Description, Reference, Debit and Credit. Whether you run a farm, an aspiring entrepreneur, a corporate professional, head of a busy household, a business traveler or a student, this is the perfect journal for you!

Download or read book My Sister Has Down Syndrome written by Stephanie Bentley and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is our family story of having a child with down syndrome in our lives. It covers what we went through prenatally all the way up to today. Our daughter Isabelle was born in November 2015. Every day she smashes our expectations of what we think a person with down syndrome should be able to do. She has made our lives infinitely better by being them. Come here her story and that includes early intervention, buddy walks, friendships and being on billboards. We hope you will find her story inspiring and that it will give you hope for your loved one.

Download or read book Amy Ninette My Sister with Down Syndrome written by Deanne Shead and published by . This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I truly believe I wouldn't be the person I am today if it weren't for my little sister Amy. I grew up in a family of five, the oldest of three girls. We lived in a small city named Peterborough, about 125 kilometers north-east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My parents, Spence and Lois Tucker, did their best to give us a great childhood and the security of knowing we were in a family that loved us, no matter what mistakes we made or what "problems" we may have had. It never mattered how bad my day may have been, I could always look at Amy and know that I could make it through whatever bad things may come my way. She faced every fear, every obstacle, and every challenge with the courage and strength many of us only dream of feeling. Even today, as an adult, as a parent, I reflect on her love of life, her passion for living each day to the fullest and her happy demeanor, to help make even the worst of my days seem brighter.

Download or read book Riding the Bus with My Sister written by Rachel Simon and published by HMH. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “heartwarming, life-affirming” memoir of a relationship with an intellectually disabled sibling: “Read this book. It might just change your life” (Boston Herald). Beth is a spirited woman with an intellectual disability who lives intensely and often joyfully, and spends most of her days riding the buses in Pennsylvania. The drivers, a lively group, are her mentors; her fellow passengers, her community—though some display less patience or kindness than others. Her sister, Rachel, a teacher and writer, camouflages her emotional isolation by leading a hyperbusy life. But one day, Beth asks Rachel to accompany her on public transportation for an entire year—and Rachel accepts. This wise, funny, deeply affecting book is the chronicle of that remarkable time, as Rachel learns how to live in the moment, how to pay attention to what really matters, how to change, how to love—and how to slow down and enjoy the ride. Weaving in anecdotes and memories of terrifying maternal abandonment, fierce sisterly loyalty, and astonishing forgiveness, Rachel Simon brings to light a world that is almost invisible to many people, finds unlikely heroes in everyday life, and, without sentimentality, wrestles with her own limitations and portrays Beth as the endearing, feisty, independent person she is. “With tenderness and fury, heartbreak and acceptance . . . Simon comes to the inescapable conclusion that we are all riders on the bus, and on the bus we are all the same.” —Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean

Download or read book 1 Better written by Chris Nikic and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would life look like if you measured your success by improvements instead of victories? Nik Nikic shares the incredible story of his son Chris’s journey to become the first person with Down syndrome to ever complete an IRONMAN® triathlon, inspiring others to achieve their goals by getting 1 percent better every day. From the moment Chris Nikic was born, his parents knew he could achieve anything he set his mind to do. So when he became involved in triathlons with the Special Olympics, his dad, Nik, took on the role of coach and encouraged Chris to aim even higher. Together, they set their sights on making history—Chris becoming the first person with Down syndrome to complete an IRONMAN® triathlon. Written from Chris’s father’s perspective, Nik shares the 1% Better mindset that has helped Chris achieve many of his goals—and the underlying principles of the 1% Better system can help you pursue and achieve your dreams too! Through Chris and Nik’s story, learn the benefits of applying the model to your own life and discover how to: Overcome the mental hurdles of pain Stay motivated using three irrefutable laws of motivation See failures as opportunities for improvement Form a lifelong habit of success You may never be the best. But you can be better than your best when you stop imposing self-limitations and begin the journey to reach your goals—one confident step at a time. Publisher’s Note: 1% Better is written in Nik Nikic’s voice. Chris and his accomplishments are the focus of 1% Better, and Chris is a coauthor of the book as he was interviewed by his father and the writer.