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10 Tips for Good Educational Advocates – National Down Syndrome Congress
Pat Howey is a paralegal and an advocate who helps parents obtain special education services for children with disabilities and resolve special education disputes with school districts. Remember, your...
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Goodbye, Big Bad Needle – Blood Tests with Just a Drop of Blood
Instead of a huge needle, Theranos-trained technicians can use a tiny finger stick or collect a micro-sample from a venous draw.2 It’s practically painless and a lot less scary. Now the entire lab...
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No Limits for John Anton – Video
MDSC Advocacy Specialist John Anton is in Washington D.C. living out a lifelong dream, advocating for disability policy at the highest level of government. John is interning for Congresswoman Cathy...
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Interview: “Down Syndrome is not a Disease, but Another Personal Characteristic”
Pablo Pineda is the first person with Down Syndrome to obtain a major degree from a regular university on Spain. Not quite satisfied with such an achievement, he is currently studying educational...
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NIH Resets Study Plans for Down Syndrome – Education Week
For the first time in seven years, the National Institutes of Health has updated its plan for research on Down syndrome, including an expanded focus on how to improve students’ learning and memory and...
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How Josie Webster is conquering the art world with exhibitions
Sydney teenager Josie Webster, 17, is selling her paintings internationally Josie has Down syndrome and has only been painting for a year Her paintings may be hung in London and New York exhibitions...
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The 8 Most Atrocious Myths About Inclusive Education | Think Inclusive
This article originally was published at http://www.tommihail.net. When it was passed in 1975, what is now the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act became the most sweeping...
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Scrutiny for Laxatives as a Childhood Remedy – (Think Miralax)
The Food and Drug Administration has raised new questions about the safety of an adult laxative routinely given to constipated children, sometimes daily for years. The agency has asked a team of...
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More choline for mom decreases Down syndrome effects | Cornell Chronicle
Down syndrome fetuses dramatically benefit when their mothers increase their intake of the nutrient choline during pregnancy and nursing, report Cornell researchers in the journal Neurobiology of...
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Feds Put New Focus On Down Syndrome – Disability Scoop
As people with Down syndrome live longer than ever before, the National Institutes of Health is looking to reshape its efforts related to the chromosomal disorder. The federal agency is tweaking its...
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