New online resources from international colleagues

Down syndrome organisations the world over are renowned for their generosity in sharing information, especially for the use of families. Two substantial resources have been released online in the last day or two that will be useful to families everywhere, from the US, and the UK:

• The Winter 2014 issue of Down Syndrome News, published by the (US) National Down Syndrome Congress is now available online, via the NDSC website, here.  The content includes

Speech Intelligibility: Helping Children and Adults Develop and Maintain Understandable Speech (Part 3 of 3) by Libby Kumin. This article is available in both English and Spanish

Your child's strengths: what parents need to know by Ryan M. Niemiec and Karrie Shogren 

How can I teach my child to read ... when I don't have the time and I don't know how? by Judy O'Halloran 

• The Down's Syndrome Association (London) has published eight articles from the Journal, dating from 2009 to 2013, on the dual diagnosis of Down syndrome and autism spectrum disorder.