Weekend reading, and viewing 16th - 17th February 2013

An Unexpected Journey, Jennifer Crowson, Down Syndrome Research Foundation (Vancouver), 13th February 2013. A mother describes the four days between a prenatal scan and confirmation that her baby has Down syndrome.

Pre-feeding exercises for children with DS: A must? Jennifer Bekins, Let's talk - Down syndrome, 14th February 2013

How your parenting choices can make my children's lives easier, Maureen Wallace, Chasing Charlie, allParenting, 11th February 2013

12 Rules of friendship from a mother of a child with special needs, Eliana Tardio, 27th September 2012

Will 2013 be the year that changes the game? Stella Young, Ramp Up, 1st February 2013

You probably noticed that it was Valentine's Day on Thursday - it produced a flurry of online activity about and by people with Down syndrome and other disabilities. Here are just a few:

• When Bill met Shelley: No disability could keep them apart, Ellen McCarthy, The Washington Post, 7th February, 2013
• Happy Valentine's Day from Ramp Up,  14th February, 2013 
• The Down Syndrome Guild of Greater Kansas City celebrated Valentine's Day with a series of posts of wedding photos and stories, on their Facebook page this week.