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, 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 Read more…
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 Read more…
Burmese Example Check understandingdownsyndrome.org and click on globe. All resources translated by a American Translation Association certified translators and include links to associations in native countries. Find out which countries speak the language. Example: Bangladesh and Myanmar (formerly Burma) Visit Read more…
We’re pleased to share that we’ll be presenting and exhibiting at the 2022 Down Syndrome Affiliates in Action Conference in Las Vegas February 17-20. We hope you’ll join us at our session and visit our booth to check out what’s new and enter Read more…
Listen to leaders of local organizations with strong medical outreach programs and resilient budgets who can offer insights about how to build sustainable medical outreach programs. Maggie Ranz from the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati, Kim Baich from the Read more…
Over the past two months, the Lettercase National Center for Prenatal and Postnatal Resources has provided training, support, and resources to 24 local Down syndrome organizations across the US to assist them in strengthening relationships with local medical providers and Read more…
We’re pleased to share that we’ll be presenting and exhibiting at the 2020 Down Syndrome Affiliates in Action Conference in Orlando next week. We hope you’ll join us at our session and visit our booth to check out what’s new and enter our Read more…
2019 Annual Report Learn about all the work we did in 2019 and get more details about new products and language releases; new grants we received to further help parents and medical providers; new publications; conferences we presented at in 2019; and the numbers of materials Read more…
At the end of 2019, the Administration for Community Living awarded a new grant totaling $1.5 million over three years to develop and disseminate protocols to address and prevent healthcare discrimination that can impact Americans with disabilities across the lifespan. The University of Cincinnati Read more…