GIFTS: Mothers Reflect on How Children with Down Syndrome Enrich Their Lives

Media

• A Bright but Welcome Spotlight: Attention to Palin Spills Over to Area Families Living With Down Syndrome
  September 14, 2008. Washington Post
• At Home with Down Syndrome by Caitrin Nicol
  preview article from the Spring 2008 journal “The New Atlantis.”
• Bearing ‘Gifts’
  July 22, 2007. Read about Elizabeth Price (Chapter 43, When the Other Shoe Drops) and her son Jude in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
• Beyond the Diagnosis: The joys of a child with Down Syndrome
  June 5, 2007. Andrea Morehead of WTHR in Indianapolis conducted a 4-part series called “Beyond the Diganosis” series. Part 4 includes information about GIFTS.
• Choosing Naia: a Family’s Journey
  October 3, 2002 Radio interview of Naia’s parents, the subject of the book “Choosing Naia.”
• Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers: Touched by Down Syndrome
  (pdf; 2.7 MB) April/May 2008 Northwest Woman (magazine) interview
• Dad’s Admiration Makes Strong Bond with Daughter
  December 8, 2006. NPR interview (4 min.) of David Warm and his teen-aged daughter Mary. Mary has Down syndrome.
• Dealing with Down syndrome
  April 10, 2008. Ashland Daily Tidings newspaper article interviewing the Rogers family
• Down, Not Out (National Catholic Register; July 6-12, 2008 issue)
  Recent advances in Down syndrome research and the Kennedy Brownback bill. Interviews Drs. Reeves, Mobley, and Skotko.
• Dreams
  via YouTube. Short documentary film (4 min) of children and adults with Down syndrome talking about their dreams and what they’re proud of in their lives.
• Duo: a film by Alexandre Ginnsz
  Movie (fiction) about a 12-year-old with Down syndrome and his crush on a 12-year-old girl violinist
• Gifts for Every Parent
  June 01, 2007. Several of our GIFTS contributor authors were featured in a TV news story by Anita Brinkman aired by ABC affliliate WPVI in Philadelphia.
• Girls Bask in Their New Destiny: Cheerleaders
  September 21, 2007. Washington Post story about a squad of cheerleaders, including a girl with Down syndrome
• Movie site for documentary “Up Syndrome”
  Director’s portrait of charismatic childhood friend, who has Down syndrome. On DVD May 15, 2008, and through Netflix.
• Praying with Lior
  Documentary Film portrait of a boy with Down syndrome as his Bar Mitzvah approaches
• Seattle College Program for Special Needs Adults
  October 17, 2005. NPR radio segment on a community college program for high-functioning students with Down syndrome or other issues. (3 min.)
• Seeing the light: Mother of a child with Down syndrome says parents should enjoy the journey
  June 18, 2007. GIFTS Editor Kathryn Lynard Soper interviewed by the Deseret News