Down+syndrome+resource

Big Brother Dustin, is a book written by Alden Carter. This book is about a boy, Dustin, who has Down syndrome although it is never stated in the book. The books starts the day when Dustin finds out that he is getting a baby sister. Dustin’s parents give him the challenge of coming up with a name for his baby sister and Dustin embraces this opportunity. Dustin shows his respect and admiration for the women in his life throughout the book by suggesting their names although he realises that he needs to come up with a new name. In the end Dustin does what no one else could and comes up with the perfect name, MaryAnn, which is a combination of his two grandmother’s names. Big Brother Dustin would be a good resource to show people that anything is possible and that because someone has a disability such as Down syndrome doesn’t mean that they can’t think for themselves and come up with their own ideas. By getting students to read this book, it will get them to change the way that they think about people with Down syndrome and will show them that they are just as capable as anyone else in doing different tasks. This book would be age appropriate for students from years five and up.