Be Beautiful Be Yourself Fashion Show. Michelle Sie Whitten, President and CEO, Global Down Syndrome Foundation talks with Robbyn Hart.
· Catalyst for starting the Foundation was learning how our government and society has deprived people with Down syndrome of fundamental human rights such as medical care
· Inspiration behind the Foundation is her daughter, Sophia, who was born with Down syndrome
· Global Down Syndrome Foundation supports its affiliates including: the first academic home for Down syndrome research in the United States, Linda Crnic Institute for Down
Syndrome and the Sie Center for Down Syndrome, a world-class pediatric medical care facility for people with Down syndrome
· Global is the nation’s largest source of funding for Down syndrome-related research, medical care, and programs.