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Down syndrome teen posed for her cheer team’s yearbook photo. When it published, she was left out.
Would an Organ Transplant be Denied for My Daughter?
After court ruling Down syndrome abortion bans gain traction
Social-cognitive neuroscience offers insights into the early course of brain development and its connections to autism spectrum disorder
Services Lacking for Adults with Autism and Their Families

Regular Exercise Is More Important Than Ever For Children With Disabilities

Buxton Gitimu, 11, lives with his family in Huruma informal settlement, Nairobi. One of his favourite things to do is playing football with his brother Joseph. The boys are very close. Together, they race around a football field at Salama Primary School with their coach, practicing tackles and other moves. Afterwards, they do keepy uppies, counting to see how long they can keep the ball in the air. The football field is normally full of […]

Assistive Technology Help

YOU might say it all started with spell-check. In the 1980s, with the introduction of word processing programs like WordPerfect, it became apparent that computerized proofreaders could come to the rescue of struggling spellers and bad typists. Thirty years later, an ever-growing array of assistive technology is available to help students read, write term papers and take tests. From pens that can remember to text that can talk, such technologies are now being held up […]

Dr. Rader Presented Move to Include Award

American Academy of Developmental Medicine & Dentistry (AADMD) presented the Move to Include Award to Rick Rader, MD, Director, of the Morton J. Kent Habilitation Center, Orange Grove Center on June 29, 2018 at the AADMD 1 Voice Conference in Seattle Washington. Dr. Rader was presented the award for believing and acting in the purest realm of the essence of “move of include,” believing in the sanctity, value and merit of “together,” and knowing that […]

Down syndrome teen posed for her cheer team’s yearbook photo. When it published, she was left out.

Would an Organ Transplant be Denied for My Daughter?

After court ruling Down syndrome abortion bans gain traction

Social-cognitive neuroscience offers insights into the early course of brain development and its connections to autism spectrum disorder

Michael Turcich Selected as a 2021 Distinguished Service Award Winner

Teaming up to expand Alzheimer’s and Down syndrome research

Cognito Therapeutics Initiates Studies in Down Syndrome Associated Alzheimer’s Disease

Special needs baseball organization looking to expand

ABLE-eligible individuals may want to save all or a portion of their stimulus payment in a tax-advantaged ABLEnow account.

Tricks and tips for safe pumpkin carving

How to Wear Cloth Face Coverings