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Community and Patient Programs: Down syndrome
Our community and patient programs provide great value to patients, families and loved ones. People can find support, educational materials, expert consultants and more. In most instances, these programs are offered free of charge.
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University of Florida Multidisciplinary Diagnostic and Training Program
Provides a range of services: diagnostic evaluation and consultation for children and youth who have complex medical, educational, emotional and/or behavioral problems.
News and Patient Stories: Down syndrome
The Brantleys and the story of BrAvery
Avery looked up as his mom and dad took turns reading Curious George. Each page made the presence of Averys monitors and tubes slip further from the Brantleys…
UF Health opens new center to help those with autism and neurodevelopmental disabilities
February 20, 2020
For more information, please contact Ken Garcia at kdgarcia@ufl.edu or 352-273-9799. University of Florida Health today cut the ribbon on its new Center for…
UF Health Shands Hospital, UF Health Shands Rehab Hospital, +2 more
Latest podcast episodes
A safer test for Down syndrome
Scientists have developed a new blood test that can help pregnant woman at risk for having a baby with Down syndrome avoid procedures that carry a risk of miscarriage. The new test analyzes the...
The mysterious link between Down syndrome and cancer
People with Down syndrome are prone to certain health...
New guidelines for Down Syndrome screening
For decades, conventional wisdom held that pregnant women thirty-five and older were the only ones who needed testing for Down...