List Servs - References - Websites
Useful Links & Information:
ADVOCACY:
Wrights Law

Statewide Advocacy Network on Disabilities

The Florida Developmental Disabilities Council
The FDDC encourages and advocates opportunities for persons
w/disabilities and their families, to enhance their quality of life within their
communities.
HEALTH:
Down Syndrome Health

Eye Glasses for Kids w/Special Needs - NEW!
EDUCATION:
Pinellas County School Exceptional Student Education
To find current information about ESE programs, ESE Advisory meetings,
internet links and contact numbers visit the PCS website.

Communicating Partners

Handwriting Without Tears

Love and Learning Reading Program
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

National Down Syndrome Society

National Down Syndrome Congress
LIST SERV:

Down Syndrome List Service

On April 11, 1997, our son Michael was born. Mikey is a wonderful little
boy and we love him with all our hearts. Mikey has Down Syndrome.
This web site will attempt to be a resource for new parents of children
with Down Syndrome. We will also try to provide a personal
perspective by explaining how this has affected us and what it is like
to be the parent of a child with Down Syndrome.
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS:
Disability Solutions    

A Publication for Families & Others Interested in
Down Syndrome & Developmental Disabilities.

Woodbine House Publishers
1-800-843-7323

Brooks Publishing
1-800-638-3775
PRENATAL SUPPORT:
Support for families with a prenatal diagnosis of Down
syndrome:  Be Not Afraid

First launched online beginning in October of 2002,
Benotafraid.net is a network of concerned parents,
professionals, and laypersons who have experienced
and/or worked closely with issues surrounding poor
prenatal diagnoses. In presenting our stories and
information relevant to various diagnoses, we intend to
offer hope to parents who are asked to make life and
death decisions about their unborn baby. This outreach
is guided by the directives of the Catholic Church as
they concern issues surrounding beginning and end of
life. We prefer to offer resources and referrals to
organizations that adhere to the healthcare directives
of the Catholic Church when they are available. When
these are not available, we strive for resources that
provide medically accurate information with an overall
life-affirming approach. Additionally, while many of our
stories and essays reflect a Catholic Christian
perspective, other essays and stories we feature are of
interest to any parent grappling with a difficult prenatal
diagnosis. Therefore, Catholic families and non-Catholic
families alike can benefit from this outreach.
?'s Contact Us:
727-462-2274


Never
underestimate
the power of
one voice....
FUN STUFF:

http://www.cafepress.com/t21club

Features clothes and novelty items that promote DS;
run by a women who has a child with DS.
LOCAL ACTIVITIES:
Special Kids Dance
(Our kids are very special)
Special Kids Dance offers Tap, Ballet, Hip Hop and
Tae Kwon Do classes designed especially for kids and
young adults with special needs. Located in Largo at
the Lighthouse of Pinellas. For more information call
Lisa at: (727) 394-2636 or visit
www.specialkidsdance.org

Special Kids Dance
An online social network for kids with siblings with disabilities.
Click here