Michael Bérubé

Director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities , Pennsylvania State University

Michael Bérubé is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature and the director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University. His latest books areThe Secret Life of Stories: From Don Quixote to Harry Potter, How Understanding Intellectual Disability Transforms the Way We Read (2016) and Life as Jamie Knows It: An Exceptional Child Grows Up (2016).

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Written by Michael Bérubé

A tall young man standing next to a shorter young man with Down syndrome, who has his arm around the other. They are both smiling and wearing T-shirts.

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Family life

Jamie’s place

Like any adult, my son wants to work, travel and socialise, and his Down syndrome won’t stop him. But can he live independently?

Michael Bérubé