num_pages: 304
description: When Jamie Bérubé was born with Down syndrome in 1991, he was immediately subject to the medical procedures, insurance guidelines, policies, and representations that surround every child our society designates as disabled. In this wrenching yet ultimately inspiring book, Jamie's father, literary scholar Michael Bérubé, describes not only the challenges of raising his son but the challenge of seeing him as a person rather than as a medical, genetic, or social problem.
language: English
title: Life As We Know It: A Father, a Family, and an Exceptional Child
titlecomplete: Life As We Know It: A Father, a Family, and an Exceptional Child
genres: Memoir, Disability, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 172
publisher: Vintage