GLOBAL Down Syndrome Foundation Blog
“Dare to” Football & Cheer Camps Inspire Crowds
Athletes with Down syndrome will punt, pass, and cheer at Global’s Dare to Play Football and Cheer Camps with Ed McCaffrey and the Denver Broncos Cheerleaders Join the Global Down Syndrome Foundation on Game Day and celebrate amazing self-advocates in Global’s Dare to Play Football Camp with Ed McCaffrey and Dare to Cheer Camp with […]
Posted on June 03, 2015
WA Post Profiles Global’s DS-Alzheimer’s Work
Gretchen Josephson with her book Bus Girl The Global Down Syndrome Foundation (Global), the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome (Crnic Institute) and the national Alzheimer’s Association co-sponsored a seminal workshop calling attention to the connection between Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease. This important workshop was profiled in The Washington Post. The workshop is one […]
Posted on June 02, 2015
Global’s Survey to Benefit Adults with DS
The Global Down Syndrome Foundation is planning to open their first Adult Down Syndrome Medical Center, Summer of 2016, which will be located in Colorado. This new Center will complement Global’s existing affiliates — the Crnic Institute and the Sie Center for Down Syndrome — in providing a spectrum of research and medical care to […]
Posted on May 30, 2015
Glee Stars Shine
The hit TV show is over, but we can’t get enough of Jane Lynch and Lauren Potter, who dish about the show and their relationship in our Spring issue. Enjoy a sneak peak of our Spring edition of Down Syndrome World™, the award-winning magazine of the Global Down Syndrome Foundation. Letter from the Editor Spring […]
Posted on May 30, 2015
Global 2015 Ambassador Clarissa Joann Capuano
Global is delighted to announce our 2015 Ambassador, Clarissa Joan Capuano. She will rock the runway at our 2015 Be Beautiful Be Yourself Fashion Show on Saturday, October 24. Reserve your table or tickets now! New Venue! Colorado Convention Center Saturday, October 24, 2015 For more info please call 303.321.6277
Posted on May 30, 2015
Global Friend Jamie Foxx Releases New Album
Global Down Syndrome Foundation supporter and Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Award recipient Jamie Foxx is headed back to the Billboard charts. The multi-talented R&B star released “Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses” on May 18. Foxx’s sister DeOndra Dixon, a Global Ambassador and fellow Quincy Jones Award winner, undoubtedly approves of the new album […]
Posted on May 19, 2015
Actor with DS Stars in New Feature Film
“Where Hope Grows” hits theaters May 15. David DeSanctis is the first actor with Down syndrome to land a leading role in a wide-release movie. “Where Hope Grows,” the first feature film to star an actor with Down syndrome in a leading role, opens in wide release on May 15, and for first-time actor […]
Posted on May 08, 2015
Global, Crnic Institute Update Congress on Promising Down Syndrome Research and Participate in a Key NIH Meeting Addressing Clinical Trials for People with Down Syndrome
Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers Crnic Institute Director of Alzheimer’s Research Dr. Huntington Potter Dr. Potter with Maria Bonilla, Karina Bonilla, Jose Moreno-Campuzano, Maria Campuzano and Sahid Morano-Campuzano Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus Briefing Co-organized by the Global Down Syndrome Foundation, the Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus Briefing was held at the U.S. Capitol on April 22. The […]
Posted on May 06, 2015