TY - BOOK ID - 147681950 TI - Unexpected : parenting, prenatal testing, and Down syndrome AU - Piepmeier, Alison AU - Estreich, George AU - Adams, Rachel PY - 2021 SN - 1479827185 1479816639 PB - New York, New York : New York University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Mothers of children with Down syndrome. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:147681950 AB - When Alison Piepmeier - scholar of feminism and disability studies, and mother of Maybelle, an eight-year-old girl with Down syndrome - died of cancer in August 2016, she left behind an important unfinished manuscript about motherhood, prenatal testing, and disability. George Estreich and Rachel Adams pick up where she left off, honouring the important research of their friend and colleague, as well as adding new perspectives to her work. Based on interviews with parents of children with Down syndrome, as well as women who terminated their pregnancies because their fetus was identified as having the condition, 'Unexpected' paints an intimate, nuanced picture of reproductive choice in today's world. At a time when medical technology is rapidly advancing, 'Unexpected' provides a much-needed perspective on our complex, and frequently troubling, understanding of Down syndrome. ER -