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Family
Resource,
Information
&
Education
Network for
Down
Syndrome
*Affiliated
with the National Down
Syndrome Congress
and
the National Down Syndrome
Society
To download our informational brochure,
please click on the icon below...
 
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SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE ~
We are offering scholarships of up to $1,000.00.
To be considered by this
organization you must be a legal resident of the United States, at least a
full-time
student in the public or a state government recognized private school to
be
considered for this scholarship.
There are two further areas of
qualification of this scholarship:
a.
You must be an individual with Down syndrome seeking higher
education in any field of your choice;
or
b.
You are student that plans on at least a bachelors degree in Special
Education or a career in helping the needs of those individuals with
Down syndrome.
Applications are available here
(MS Word). A PDF file will be
available soon.
Hard copies are also available by either contacting Denny Weikert
at 301-371-7047, emailing friendsoffredco@gmail.com
or by writing to F.R.I.E.N.D.S., P.O.Box
641, Middletown, MD. 21769.
All applications must be postmarked by May 31,
2008.
Click
here to read a copy of
bill S.1810 that is
on the floor of the US Senate.
110th
Congress, 1st Session
"This
bill is to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the
provision of scientifically sound information and support services to
patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or
other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions."
Click on the image above to make a donation.
Thank you!
We
would like to thank everyone that donated
and came out to last year's Buddy Walk.
It was a huge success. We had over 500 walkers!
Please
make plans now for this year's Buddy Walk
tenatively scheduled for September 20, 2008.
For News from NDSS, click here.
For Buddy Walk facts, click here.
For Down Syndrome facts, click here.
2006
National Buddy Walk Statistics
Obtained from the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS)
More
than 260 walks were held in 2006 across the country
and abroad. For a
list of where registered walks were held,
please visit www.buddywalk.org
and click on the "2006 Walks"
link, located under "Find A
Walk".
Approximately $6,500,000 was raised nationwide
through
the NDSS Buddy Walk. These funds were distributed among
sponsoring Buddy Walk Organizations and the National Down
Syndrome Society.
More than 230,000 individuals participated in a Buddy Walk
in 2006. Since the Buddy Walk was created in 1995, over
1,750,000 people have participated in a Buddy Walk worldwide.
The Buddy Walk is a trademarked program of the National
Down Syndrome Society and was created in 1995 to assist local
groups in their advocacy efforts in their communities. With more than
260 walks taking place each year, the National Down Syndrome
Society is able to speak with a unified and stronger voice on issues
of policy that affect individuals with Down syndrome.
Toys for differently-abled kids
Toys-R-Us has partnered with the National
Lekotek Center to release a unique catalog for
toys especially useful with differently-abled
kids. You can
see it online by clicking here.
Broadband users can select a larger version
of the pages. The guide was started in 1994.
Each entry describes the purpose of the toy
and why
it is useful to meet the specific needs
of kids with different abilities.
The guide is available free at Toys-R-Us stores nationwide
and has helped millions of people choose just the right
toy for the children in their lives with disabilities.
If you would like to read the Associated
Press story, click here.
To visit the National Lekotek Center
page,
click here.
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