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Down Syndrome Information Packet

Support for Families of Children with Disabilities has produced the following information resources to assist families and professionals with their search for essential information and access to resources. We hope that they are helpful and invite you to contact us with questions or comments.

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Download PDF version of information packet in Spanish.

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Contents
Acknowledgements
NICHCY Fact Sheet: Down Syndrome
Welcoming Babies with Down Syndrome, Down Syndrome Home Page
Down Syndrome: Myths and Truths, NDSS website
Your Baby and Down Syndrome: Answers to Questions You Might Have, NDSS website
Down Syndrome, National Organization for Rare Diseases
Clinical Info: Early Intervention and Down Syndrome, NDSS website
Questions and Answers About Behavior: An Interview with Bonnie J. Patterson, MD, NDSS website
If a Picture Paints 1000 Words, Why Settle for Just One?, NDSS website
Occupational Therapy and the Child with Down Syndrome, NDSS website
Health Care Guidelines for Indivduals with Down Syndrome: 1999 Revision, published in Down Syndrome Quarterly
Public Awareness Language Guidelines, National Down Syndrome Congress
How to Treat People with Down Syndrome: Some Tips for Family Physicians 1993, Down Syndrome website
Speech and Language Therapy for Children with Down Syndrome, from Down Syndrome Educational Trust website
Resources in our Joan Cassel Memorial Library
Websites
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