During this month’s Medical Outreach Meeting, Dr. Stephanie Meredith presented on how to reach out to medical providers who are caring for patients with Down syndrome across the lifespan. Transition Handbook Dr. Meredith discussed updates to the Down Syndrome Transition Handbook, which she recently helped Jo Ann Simons (CEO of Read more…
During this month’s Down Syndrome Collaborative meeting, Stephanie Smith Lee (Policy & Advocacy Co-Director of the National Down Syndrome Congress) presented on disability rights and supporting new and expecting parents. Stephanie Smith Lee discusses the progress and challenges in disability advocacy, from the the signing of the ADA in 1990, Read more…
For this month’s Medical Outreach Meeting, Dr. Stephanie Meredith presented on how to support families with financial need and how this benefits your medical outreach program. Social Determinants of Health Finances fall under the umbrella of social determinants of health (SDOH) – non-medical factors that affect health outcomes and can Read more…
For this month’s Medical Outreach Meeting, Dr. Stephanie Meredith presented on translating resources to other languages such as Haitian Creole. Watch a recording of this meeting below and read on for a summary and helpful links! Finding Existing Resources In this meeting, Dr. Stephanie Meredith demonstrated how she looks for Read more…
Last week, we held our first Medical Outreach Meeting meeting of 2025! In this meeting, Dr. Stephanie Meredith presented on how to apply for CMEs and CEUs for presentations or webinars. Dr. Meredith shared a number of helpful tips and tricks for successfully applying for professional education credits, including: Join Read more…
Mitchell Levitz, a Self-Advocate with Down syndrome and Co-Author of Count Us In, shares a recorded presentation for medical students, physicians and other health professionals about how to discuss disabilities and to offer clinical care to people with disabilities and their caregivers: I developed this presentation for you to use Read more…
Happy New Year from all of us at Lettercase! We are looking forward to another year of developing and translating resources, carrying out new and exciting research, and providing training to providers and advocacy leaders. We are also excited to see and learn from the new and ongoing accomplishments of Read more…
This week, we held our last Medical Outreach Meeting meeting of 2024! In this meeting, participants shared their incredible progress and successes in 2024, and Dr. Stephanie Meredith led a discussion on meeting topics for 2025. Participants who shared their medical outreach successes include: Possible Medical Outreach Meeting topics for Read more…
This month’s Medical Outreach Meeting presenter is Nicole Terry! Nicole is an experienced marketing professional with over a decade of diverse experience working in Corporate America. Nicole is also a parent of a child with Down syndrome, which led her to becoming actively involved with Down Syndrome Connection of Northwest Read more…
In this Medical Outreach Meeting, Brian Skotko, MD, MPP, answers questions and provides insight into Down syndrome care. Brian Skotko’s experience includes: DSC2U (Down Syndrome Clinic to You) is a resource for caregivers and medical providers of individuals with Down syndrome. DSC2U provides customized Down syndrome care plans starting at Read more…