The beautiful unwanted : Down syndrome in myth, memoir, and bioethics / Chris Kaposy.
The beautiful unwanted : Down syndrome in myth, memoir, and bioethics / Chris Kaposy.
By
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Kaposy, Chris.
Publication Date
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2023
Publication Information
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Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Physical Description
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196 p.
Subject Term
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Down syndrome.
Parent and child.
Parents of children with disabilities.
Bioethics.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
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Prenatal genetic testing has changed the circumstances under which parents choose what pregnancies to carry to term. Some have predicted that as a result of parents' choices, people with Down syndrome will disappear from our communities in the near future. Chris Kaposy, a bioethicist who has a son with Down syndrome, reflects on parenting his son in the midst of this supposed disappearance. Writing from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective, Kaposy presents some of the decades-old bioethical controversies involving children with Down syndrome, illustrating a prehistory of disappearance that has shaped current attitudes toward intellectual disability.
Language
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English
ISBN
:
9780228019008
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