Down syndrome

Down syndrome biobank offers at-home service

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Little girl with Down syndrome next to DownSyndrome Achieves logo

The DownSyndrome Achieves (DSA) Biobank is now offering at-home services to families willing to donate biological samples for use in medical research projects. “We’ve partnered with a third-party phlebotomy company to collect blood samples in participants’ homes,” said Lito Ramirez, CEO of DownSyndrome Achieves and the parent of a teen with Down syndrome. “This will …

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Down syndrome organization focuses on adult literacy

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Reading tutor Carla Harper sits across from Ethan Boerner, who is sounding out words.
Ethan meets regularly with tutor Carla Harper, left. "He's doing great," she said.

When it came to reading, Ethan Boerner didn’t make a lot of progress in school. “It just seemed so hard,” said Boerner, who has Down syndrome. “I wasn’t interested.” He never really got the chance to discover whether he might have been more successful as an older student. His educational programs moved along, and Boerner …

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