Author(s): Cliff Cunningham

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Already established as the standard work for parents of Down Syndrome children, this edition is fully revised for the third time. Its sympathetic and understanding approach covers all the questions parents ask about the causes, characteristics and diagnosis of Down Syndrome, and includes the difficult issues around prenatal tests. Cliff Cunningham deals with the early reactions and feelings that parents may have and how the family adapt and cope when a child is diagnosed with Down Syndrome. He explores the mental, motor and social development of children with Down Syndrome, from birth to adulthood. Cliff Cunningham has established a study of over 160 children born with Down Syndrome and followed their progress into adulthood, the largest survey of its type ever carried out and this experience is the foundation of the book. Cliff Cunningham has been a Senior lecturer at the Hester Adrian Research Centre, University of Manchester and is currently a Visiting Professor of Applied Psychology at Liverpool's John Moores University.He is a respected international figure on the subject and was a member of the Scientific Research and Advisory Committees on both the European and the UK Down Syndrome Associations, and is a frequent lecturer at international conferences on disability.