Sandra - Downs Syndrome Association

Sandra - Downs Syndrome Association

Written by Sandra’s mum, Lizann   My daughter Sandra was born in April 1972 and I was told by an elderly consultant she was a ‘mongol’ and to go away and try for another, healthier child as most ‘mongols’ died within first five years of life. What a stroke of luck that a sympathetic acquaintance read an article in the Birmingham post about Rex Brinkworth and warily, as she didn’t know how I would react , passed it on to me. I contacted Rex and h…