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I ♥ YOU Dance Party
By Global Down Syndrome Foundation
/ February 22, 2013
Friday November 15, 2013 - Friday November 15, 2013 231 Milwaukee Street Map and Directions | Register Description: I ♥...
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$1 Million Grants from Merck Fund to Support Treatments for Differently-Abled
By Global Down Syndrome Foundation
/ February 13, 2013
A University of Massachusetts study to correct the over-representation of chromosome 21 genes in people with Down syndrome is among...
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2013 Be Beautiful Be Yourself DC Gala Model Auditions
By Global Down Syndrome Foundation
/ February 11, 2013
Friday January 3, 2014 - Sunday January 12, 2014 | Register Description: Auditions: Friday, March 15, 2013 Gala: Wednesday, May...
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Social Security to Finally Drop Term “Mental Retardation”
By Global Down Syndrome Foundation
/ February 1, 2013
The Social Security Administration has announced it is dropping the term "mental retardation." A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking states the...
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Don’t Let Kennedy’s Vision for Deinstitutionalization Be Forgotten
By Global Down Syndrome Foundation
/ January 31, 2013
Fifty years ago this month, President John F. Kennedy told the nation in his State of the Union address that...
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Global Down Syndrome Foundation Programs Set for New Year
By Global Down Syndrome Foundation
/ January 4, 2013
As the Global Down Syndrome Foundation prepares for a new year of exciting programs for people with Down syndrome, take...
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John C. McGinley Gets Great Reviews for “Glengarry Glen Ross”
By Global Down Syndrome Foundation
/ December 11, 2012
The reviews are in, and Global Down Syndrome Foundation International Spokesman John C. McGinley is getting raves for his performance...
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Karen Gaffney Nominated for “Woman of the Year” Award
By Global Down Syndrome Foundation
/ December 7, 2012
Champion open-water swimmer Karen Gaffney, who received the Global Down Syndrome Foundation’s Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Award in 2010, has...
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2 Be Beautiful Be Yourself Dancers to Perform in “Nutcracker”
By Global Down Syndrome Foundation
/ December 7, 2012
For the first time, two children from the Global Down Syndrome Foundation’s Be Beautiful Be Yourself Dance Class will be...
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Be Beautiful Be Yourself Fashion Show Up for 6 ICON Awards
By Global Down Syndrome Foundation
/ December 6, 2012
The Global Down Syndrome Foundation is honored to announce that the 2011 Be Beautiful Be Yourself Fashion Show has been...
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Winner of iPad Drawing Is Proud of All that Daughter Has Accomplished
By Global Down Syndrome Foundation
/ December 5, 2012
The Global Down Syndrome Foundation recently encouraged the friends, supporters and colleagues on our mailing list to update their contact...
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities
By Global Down Syndrome Foundation
/ December 3, 2012
Today, Dec. 3, marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, and this year’s theme is “Removing barriers to create...
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$1.2 Million in Grants for Alzheimer’s, Down Syndrome Research
By Global Down Syndrome Foundation
/ November 29, 2012
The Alzheimer’s Association, the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome and the Global Down Syndrome Foundation today launched a new...
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Alzheimer’s Association, Linda Crnic Institute, Global Down Syndrome Foundation Launch Research Grants Program
By Global Down Syndrome Foundation
/ November 29, 2012
Initial $1.2 million aims to fund research to better treat Alzheimer’s in people with Down syndrome and the general population...
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