Professor Cliff Cunningham 1941 - 2013

Carol Boys, Chief Executive, Down’s Syndrome Association in London has posted a tribute to Professor Cliff Cunningham (Liverpool John Moores University), psychologist, writer and researcher, who worked with children and adults with Down syndrome and their families for more than 40 years. Prof Cunningham died last week in the UK after a long illness.

Read it here, on the Down's Syndrome Association blog, 20th May 2013

Prof Cunningham was an advisor to the Board of Down Syndrome International - their information about his work is here.

If the person with Down syndrome you care for more than 20, it is quite possible that Prof Cunningham's book, Down syndrome: an introduction for parents and carers, was one of the first and most useful information sources you discovered. It was first published in 1982, with a third edition published in 2006.

His work will continue to be highly valued, and he will be sadly missed.