Bless the Children

In Bless the Children, Peggy Noonan is one of the millions of people who think children born with Down syndrome are weird, ugly, sick, and probably retarded—doomed to a short life, perhaps, but a bleak future certainly. This story tells how Peggy’s view changes when she gives birth to a child with Down syndrome and how she fights to have her child integrated into schools with normal children and not segregated to special schools. She becomes a leader in that movement and helps create a network of support groups. Her own life is a story of victories and defeats, but in the end, she has everyone she loves close to her—her family.