Description:
This angel brother was given and protected by God.
Children with Down syndrome have an extra chromosome of the twenty-first pair. We all have twenty-three pairs of chromosomes, but these special individuals have three of the twenty-first chromosomes, instead of just two. This extra chromosome has often been referred to as the 'love chromosome' that, when planted in the child's DNA by God, brings a little bit of heaven's innocence to the earth through these special children.
Nino's "love chromosome" made him truly special.Brief description: The author is a first-generation Italian born in America as well as the first in her family to complete college. She grew up with her Down-syndrome brother and Italian-speaking, devoted-but uneducated-parents. She and her brother developed a strong bond in childhood that remained for a lifetime.Her role as sister changed, and she became her brother's advocate and later, as the years went by, a caregiver. Together with her mom and friends, she provided her brother with a full life in spite of his mental and physical limitations. She writes this book from personal experience.