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They Called Him Mongoloid
Written by Julie Green
 | ISBN: 978-1-59494-018-7 |
About the Book:
| They Called Him Mongoloid is the candid first person account of one mother’s journey from the joyful anticipation of a healthy new baby to the devastating reality that greets her instead. In 1965 Virginia, support groups were minimal, websites did not exist, and very little information was available to parents raising a child with Down syndrome. Still being referred to as mongolism well into the 1980’s, many families institutionalized these children. For Julie and her husband Fletcher, the challenge was not just caring for their developmentally disabled child but also confronting the prejudices of others, their families, and themselves. |
About the Author:
|  Julie Green grew up in Oxford, NC along with her mother, father and five sisters. She received her BA from the University of North Carolina and her MA in English from East Carolina University. She currently resides in Charlotte, NC with her husband Fletcher, three children, and eight grandchildren. Julie is a part-time instructor of English at Central Piedmont Community College. |
Reviews:
| “This is an eloquent, beautiful, brave and honest memoir about the paradoxical pain and pleasure of being human, about the necessity and inadequacy of human compassion.” - Jerry Shinn, author, Loonis: Celebrating a Lyrical Life |