In Bless The Children Peggy Noonan Is One Of The Millions Of People Who Think Children Born With Down Syndrome Are Weird Ugly Sick And Probably Retardeddoomed To A Short Life Perhaps But A Bleak Future Certainly. This Story Tells How Peggys View Changes When She Gives Birth To A Child With Down Syndrome And How She Fights To Have Her Child Integrated Into Schools With Normal Children And Not Segregated To Special Schools. She Becomes A Leader In That Movement And Helps Create A Network Of Support Groups. Her Own Life Is A Story Of Victories And Defeats But In The End She Has Everyone She Loves Close To Herher Family.