Thank you, Dr Dennis McGuire

After 22 years, Dr Dennis McGuire is leaving Adult Down Syndrome Centre in Chicago.  Dr McGuire, a social worker, has been co-director of the Centre with Dr Brian Chicoine (a physician).

While we are sorry to hear that he is leaving the Centre, we are very grateful for the excellent work he has done over so many years, in his practice with individuals, as a speaker and writer, and join many thousands of people with Down syndrome and their families around the world in wishing him well.

Some of Dennis's best known writing, providing information and reassurance with a dose of good humour, include these three articles, available from the (US) National Association for Down Syndrome website, here:

• Self Talk (expanded in Mental Wellness)
• The Groove (expanded in Mental Wellness)
• If people with Down syndrome ruled the world ... originally delivered as an address at the (US) National Down Syndrome Congress's annual Convention in 2005, and circulated worldwide since.

and these two very popular and highly regarded books, both co-authored with Dr Brian Chicoine:

• Mental Wellness for Adults with Down Syndrome 
• The Guide to Good Health 

(Both books are available for members to borrow from the Down Syndrome NSW library.)