Watch this video to learn how disability advocacy organizations can customize their medical outreach program for the unique demographics they serve: rural and small areas, medium-sized areas and suburbs, big cities, and state-based organizations. Rural and small areas: Medium-sized areas and suburbs of big cities: Big Cities: State-based organizations:
Watch this video for disability advocacy organizations to learn how to build relationships with the broader medical community on national, state, and local levels.
Watch this video to find state-level partners who can help local disability advocacy organizations engage in medical outreach. Funding, Collaboration, Advertisement, Training, and Support UCEDD/LEND programs: https://www.aucd.org/template/index.cfm Protection and Advocacy Organizations: https://acl.gov/programs/find-your-pa-agency DD Council: https://nacdd.org/councils/ Parent Center: Parent to Parent and Family Voices: https://www.parentcenterhub.org/find-your-center/ DPH: Down Syndrome Information Acts: https://www.lettercase.org/issues/state-laws/ State Read more…
At our last Medical Outreach meeting for local Down syndrome organizations, we discussed how you can grow medical outreach programs by starting the new year with 3-5 medical outreach goals and then evaluating your progress at the 6 months mark with a trusted colleague, peer mentor, board member, or staff Read more…
We are excited to share with you our new manuscript (“Recommendations to improve the patient experience and avoid bias when prenatal screening/testing”) in Disability and Health Journal. Our multidisciplinary team of advisors for the Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities worked for over two years on this article to give recommendations to Read more…
For Health Professionals Supporting New and Expectant Parents: For Health Professionals Supporting Patients Across the Lifespan: Other Information to Share:
Watch our webinar about strategies that local Down syndrome organizations can use to apply for grants to fund medical outreach efforts: Finding grants. Local Mission specific Relationships with funders Check out funders and other projects funded Federal: Get partners with experience getting federal grants, like universities Applying for grants. Follow Read more…
On May 13, 2022, the National Center for Prenatal and Postnatal Resources, housed at the UK Human Development Institute hosted the Prenatal Disability Education Summit. This event was sponsored by the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation(JPKF) and brought together national medical, advocacy, bioethics, industry, and policy leaders to collaboratively identify current challenges and potential Read more…
Listen to Stephanie Thompson from the National Down Syndrome Adoption Network provide an overview of their work. NDSAN has also created a booklet for clinicians to give to families who have a prenatal diagnosis and who are considering not parenting entitled, “A Loving Choice: Adoption as an Option.”
Learn how to create your own customized medical outreach plan based on the plans we developed through our grant-funded medical outreach team, including 12 local Down syndrome organizations of varying sizes and demographics nationwide. Access the video demonstration here: You can also access the Powerpoint file below: Any organization is Read more…