Download or read book The Summer Child written by Nadine Jackson-Croker and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-04-12 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1800s Mongoloid children were thought to be idiots. They were generally taken away at birth and put into institutions. They were neglected, sometimes starved and often died before the age of 20. Those who did live spent their whole lives and institutions. Since the mid-1970s these children are now called Down’s Syndrome children.