false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174590282m/421022.jpg 421022 2 When Michael Berube's second son Jamie was born with Down syndrome, life as he had known it was gone. Suddenly abstract questions the successful academic and author had been too busy to think about were thrust before him. Berube tells how he and his wife came to know this astonishing new person as their son, an individual like their other son and yet who, to the world, was not an individual but the syndrome itself. Berube intersperses the story of Jamie's development with a critical analysis of society's response to disability, the inadequacies of American health care, and a discussion of such issues as eugenics and the priority society gives to budgeting for the disabled. 410151 1996 Life As We Know It: A Father, a Family, and an Exceptional Child total:38|5:8|4:15|3:10|2:5| 38 140 59 8 5 4 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Tue Apr 08 10:43:36 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 10:47:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 05:25:46 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 05:40:08 -0700 2007
Currently, the only other review for this book refers to it as prone to "ranting, pontificating or just being condescending." Clearly the reviewer has Bérubé mixed up with David Horowitz, or perhaps the stable of writ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 18:29:12 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 18:43:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 11 12:13:18 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 13 19:24:14 -0700 2007
i really enjoy the parts where he talks about his son and their family but there are many, many parts where he moves into heavy political and so...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 19:02:01 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 19:04:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Dec 11 07:42:19 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 07:42:31 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 16:21:58 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 05:52:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 18:56:19 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 08 07:12:48 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Thu Nov 19 13:19:37 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 13:43:13 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 14:54:01 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 14:54:01 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Aug 20 09:56:36 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 09:56:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jul 04 10:33:04 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 20:53:52 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jul 04 09:24:04 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 09:24:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 27 19:07:58 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 19:07:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 05 11:18:17 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 11:18:17 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed May 27 11:47:12 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 11:47:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 25 15:19:39 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 15:19:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu May 14 11:36:49 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 11:36:49 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Apr 24 19:57:40 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 19:57:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Apr 11 21:56:22 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 21:56:22 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=421022