From the Hearts of Mums
When you enter the world of disability with your child or anyone you care for, it can be a scary time of the unknown.
When you enter the world of disability with your child or anyone you care for, it can be a scary time of the unknown. From the moment of discovery, even the language in which many doctors, nurses and practitioners use to tell you the news of being diagnosed with Down syndrome can be very cold and negative, which leaves you feeling lost, lonely and empty.
During this time of uncertainty, connecting with other families and sharing each other’s journeys provides you with the love and support you need to get through these difficult and unexpected times.
In this heart warming book, Julie Fisher shares 13 deeply personal stories from mums around the world of their lives with loved ones who live with Down syndrome.
You will discover how these mums navigated the path from diagnosis to present day, and how with love and guidance, this new world of disability has led them into a world of support from people they never imagined possible.
These inspiring stories from the hearts of mums show the true beauty of disability, and how embracing it helps us all to shine.
Different not less and down right beautiful.
What Readers are Saying
★★★★★
“I loved the stories in this book and can’t pick a favourite as they all made my heart ache and sing in different ways. I’m actually going to read it again.”
★★★★★
“Some of these stories will make you cry, and some will fill you with rage, but all of them, ALL OF THEM, will lift you to the joyful heights of humans at their very best.
This will probably make you cry again but the insights and understanding these stories bring, are totally worth the tissues. Just beautiful.”
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