The Upside of Down Syndromeyndie\Reasby_Mary Joan_8738\Page Design

  This book is a compelling true-to-life story which chronicles a family’s collective and collaborative efforts to help their loved one, born with Down syndrome, navigate through life’s labyrinth of challenges. Shortly after JuJu’s birth, the physician predicted she would not survive passed her fifth year, and yet she lived decades beyond the physician’s prediction by sixty-two years. Thanks in part to a loving and stimulating home environment. Overall, JuJu had a cheerful childhood which carried on into her teens, adulthood, and part of her senior citizen years.