About the Author

Kathryn Lynard is a writer, advocate, consultant, and mother of seven living in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is also the editor of Gifts 2: How People with Down Syndrome Enrich the World, as well as two anthologies about motherhood, and the author of The Year My Son and I Were Born: A Story of Down Syndrome, Motherhood, and Self-Discovery (Globe Pequot Press, 2007).

Reviews

"In our current era where increasingly more couples learn about the diagnosis of Down syndrome prenatally, this incredibly moving 10th anniversary edition of Gifts sends a timeless message: people with Down syndrome are celebrated contributors to their families and communities." -- Brian Skotko, MD, MPP "Co-Director Down Syndrome Program at Massachusetts General Hospital"