Saturday, April 25, 2015

Down syndrome Timeline


Here are some major milestones in the Down syndrome community that have shaped us into who we are today….

2015 –DSI hosts its 18th Annual Buddy walk

2014 – Down Syndrome Indiana hosts National Down Syndrome Congress National Convention

2008-   Board votes to change name to Down Syndrome Indiana, Inc.

2002 – DSI D.A.Ds founded

1999-   Olmstead Decision & deinstitutionalization

1996-   DSI receives official tax status as Indiana Down Syndrome Foundation

1996 – Down Syndrome Indiana hosts its first Buddy Walk®

1995-   NDSS holds the first Buddy Walk®

1994 – The Indiana Down Syndrome Foundation is founded

1990-   Mapping of the human genome begins

1990-   The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law under President George H. W. Bush

1989 – Life Goes On featuring, Chris Burke, an actor with Down syndrome begins airing

1986 -  Emily Pearl Kingsley publishes, Welcome to Holland

1984 –  Dr. Charles Epstein introduces his research with the Trisomy 21 mouse

1984-   Baby Doe Rulings

1981 – Down syndrome Medical Checklist introduced in our community

1979 – The National Down Syndrome Society is founded

1975-   The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was signed into law under President Gerald Ford

1973-   The National Down Syndrome Congress is founded

1969-   The first Special Olympics games in Indiana were played

1968 – First Special Olympics games were played

1960 – The first Down syndrome parent group is founded in Chicago

1959 – Dr. Jerome Lejeune discovers that Down syndrome is a third copy of the 21st chromosome

1866 – John Langdon Down fully describes what we now call, Down syndrome