Down Syndrome

• Latest News
• Drug May Boost Speech in Down Syndrome (09/30/2004, United Press International)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Down Syndrome (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Overviews
• Down Syndrome (Nemours Foundation)
• Down Syndrome: General Information (National Down Syndrome Society)
• What is Down Syndrome? (Dolan DNA Learning Center)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Down Syndrome (National Institutes of Health)

• Prevention/Screening
• Prenatal Testing: What's Involved and Who Should Consider It? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Triple Screen (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Disease Management
• Down Syndrome: Development Issues (National Down Syndrome Society)

• Related Issues
• Down Syndrome: Education and Schooling (National Down Syndrome Society)
• Down Syndrome: Health (National Down Syndrome Society) - Healthcare guidelines and pratices; associated medical conditions
• Down Syndrome: Life Planning (National Down Syndrome Society)
• Is It Possible to Breastfeed My Baby Who Was Born with Down Syndrome? (La Leche League International)

• Research
• Clues to Why Old Eggs Fail (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
• First Trimester Ultrasound Identifies More Cases of Down Syndrome Than Second Trimester Maternal Serum Screening and Is More Cost Effective (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

• Genetics
• Genetics Home Reference: Down syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
• Down Syndrome: Is It Inherited? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Directories
• Down Syndrome: Find Resources (National Down Syndrome Society)

• Organizations
• March of Dimes (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish
• National Down Syndrome Society
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

• Statistics
• FASTATS: Birth Defects (National Center for Health Statistics)

• Children
• Coping with Disaster: Suggestions for Helping Children with Cognitive Disabilities (Administration for Children and Families)
• Down Syndrome (Nemours Foundation)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Down Syndrome: Caring for a Baby with Down Syndrome (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Speech And Language Skills In Infants, Toddlers and Young Children With Down Syndrome (National Down Syndrome Society)
  Also available in: Spanish