The Russell Files - The Early Years
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A very early draft of an small part of a memoir I'm working on about the experience of having a child with Down syndrome and discovering that the world is not set up for him. The book will be about the joys of him but also about the changes in me the experience has brought. What I'd love is if people would ask questions, or mention topics they'd like to cover. Sometimes when it's just your life you don't think about things from an outside perspective.
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