News
Willing and able if a job is there
December 1, 2008
Career Solutions links employers, workers with Down syndrome
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081201/BUSINESS/812010312/1003
Reader's Digest in Canada features story on actress in Memory Keepers Daughter
July 1, 2008
http://www.gradsa.org/uploads/document/original/phpDtxMV0.pdf
Including special needs children in class: Is it worth it?
June 10, 2008
Alex Barton's story is tragic. But the blessings are real.
By Barbara Curtis
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0610/p09s01-coop.html
Modern Eugenics: The Elimination of a People
April 21, 2008
http://www.beaconcast.com/articles/20080422
Welcome to Alaska, Trig Paxson Van Palin
April 18, 2008
Governor Sarah Palin gives birth to son with Down syndrome.
http://www.ktuu.com/global/story.asp?s=8194634
The Foundation for a Better Life
April 14, 2008
http://www.forbetterlife.org/be-inspired/tv.asp?id=2826
Doctor spreads optimistic light on Down syndrome
April 11, 2008
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/apr/11/brighter-prognosis/?gleaner=1/
Adam & David Ragan's ESPN2 Spotlight
April 5, 2008
Nascar driver shares the spotlight with his brother who has Down syndrome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGoCTKIRRdo
NDSS Responds to Dr. Phil
March 27, 2008
http://www1.ndss.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2048&Itemid=233&tr=y&auid=3513189
Abortion Remark Angers Student
February 16, 2008
UNC Prof Wary of Down syndrome
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/health_science/story/947991.html
The Shot of a Lifetime
January 29, 2008
http://abclocal.go.com:80/wpvi/story?section=news/sports&id=5901234
Learning to Fly
January 24, 2008
http://video.ap.org/v/Legacy.aspx?g=98304bd4-2564-4e7e-833a-a4066ea65bb1&mk=en-ap&f=ilchs&fg=email
If The Tests Says Down Syndrome
November 16, 2007
We need a prenatal screening process without a bias toward abortion.
By Patricia E. Bauer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/15/AR2007111502031.html?sub=AR
CNN's Kiran Chetry talks to Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers whose son has Down syndrome.
November 12, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2007/11/12/intv.down.syndrome.cnn?iref=videosearch
The Story of a True Superstar
October 26, 2007
Features one of our own superstars, Caleb Lancaster!
http://www.kentuckynewera.com/articles/2007/10/25/sports/paid/doc4720dc6a2a00e223593915.txt
Couple with Down Syndrome Prepare to Wed
October 11, 2007
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071011/NEWS07/710110412/1041/SPORTS09
Italian Hospital Aborts Healthy Twin and Leaves Handicapped Sibling
August 27, 2007
Mother returns and has Down syndrome child aborted
By Elizabeth O'Brien
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/aug/07082709.html
Letter to Comedy Central from NDSS
August 20, 2007
The following letter was sent on behalf of NDSS to the producer of Comedy Central’s, ‘Roast of Flavor Flav’. During this program, derogatory remarks were made in reference to Down syndrome.
http://www.ndss.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2020&Itemid=233
Stand Tall
August 5, 2007
Keynote presentation at the NDSC convention by Patricia Bauer regarding routine prenatal screening
http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2007/08/23/stand-tall/
A Mother's View of a Word That Wounds
July 26, 2007
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2007/07/a-mothers-view-.html
All in a Week
June 25, 2007
Meredith Viera Shares Story of Son's Camp Experience
http://meredithtoday.ivillage.com/entertainment/2007/06/all_in_a_week.html
NDSS Responds to American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ New Recommendations
February 14, 2007
http://www.ndss.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2004&Itemid=233
Lucy is learning. Are the doctors?
February 4, 2007
A grandparent shares her point of view on the new prenatal testing recommendations.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/02/04/lucy_is_learning_are_the_doctors_1170436404/
World's Oldest Organization on Intellectual Disability Has a Progressive New Name
November 29, 2006
http://www.msaaidd.org/PR1-20061129.htm
A Dream Not Denied...Just a Normal Girl
November 5, 2006
This article was written by Leslie Kaufman and published in the New York Times, November 5, 2006.
http://www.ndss.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1982&Itemid=233
My Brother is Not His Disability
June 1, 2006
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13088876/site/newsweek/
Friends for Life...The Story of a Big-Time QB and a Boy with Down Syndrome
May 21, 2006
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06141/691945-233.stm
Another Barrier Broken
April 13, 2006
For intellectually disabled kids, college has finally become an option.
Building Inclusive Communities One Classroom at a Time
March 30, 2006
Brenda Walker is the guidance counselor at Country Heights Elementary in Owensboro, Kentucky. As part of her job, Walker visits classrooms to provide special lessons that supplement the students' regular curriculum. One of the topics she often ...
http://www.gradsa.org/documents/heartstrings_2006_05.pdf
Fox TV bans the word "retarded" from air
March 10, 2006
Fox Broadcasting President Peter Ligouri has banned use of the word "retarded" in response to a complaint from a Down Syndrome advocacy group.
http://www.ndss.org/content.cfm?fuseaction=NwsEvt.Article&article=1682
