portrait of the artist s mother is a memoir and an examination of the politics of disability the author describes the pressure from medical institutions to undergo screening during pregnancy and assumptions that a child with trisomy 21 should not live even though people with down syndrome do live rich lives years later fiona s son fraser has become an artist his prize winning paintings have been exhibited in galleries in sydney and canberra how does a mother get from the grieving silence of the birthing room through the horrified comments of other mothers to the applause at gallery openings this is a story of commitment to the idea that all people including those who are less than perfect have a right to be welcomed into this increasingly imperfect world
fiona place
spinifex press
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