Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: PREFACE, XI -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, XIII -- CONTRIBUTORS, XV -- PART I SELF-DETERMINATION -- 1 UNDERSTANDING SELF-DETERMINATION, 3 -- Thomas Nerney -- 2 ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE AND INCLUSION, 17 -- Michael Morris -- 3 PLAYING THE HOUSING "GAME": PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME -- AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN HAVE MORE CONTROL WHEN IT COMES -- TO HOUSING, 83 -- Kathleen H. McGinley, Ph.D. -- PART II SELF-ADVOCACY -- 4 HAVING A LIFE, 107 -- John Peter Illarramendi, Jeffery Mattson, and Mia Peterson -- 5 FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS, 113 -- Chris Burke -- 6 LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, 115 -- Joshua G. O'Neill -- PART III ADVOCACY -- 7 A VISION FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: -- A BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE, 119 -- Stephanie Smith Lee -- PART IV ROLE OF THE FAMILY -- 8 THE GIFTS OF DOWN SYNDROME: SOME THOUGHTS FOR NEW PARENT, 137 -- Martha Beck, Ph.D. -- 9 A PERSONAL ACCOUNT, 149 -- Siegfried M. Pueschel, M.D., Ph.D., J.D., M.P.H. -- 10 BEING A DAD-AS I KNOW IT, 155 -- Thomas J. O'Neill -- 11 THE SIBLING RELATIONSHIP: ATTENDING TO THE NEEDS OF -- THE OTHER CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY, 163 -- Susan P. Levine, M.A., C.S.W. -- 12 THE SPECIAL NEEDS PROGRAM: ESTATE PLANNING FOR FAMILIES -- WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, 173 -- David A. Weingarten -- PART V HEALTH AND CLINICAL CARE -- 13 PEDIATRIC HEALTH UPDATE ON DOWN SYNDROME, 187 -- Len Leshin, M.D., FAAP -- 14 THE GOAL AND OPPORTUNITY OF PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR -- CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME, 203 -- Patricia C. Winders, PT -- 15 BEHAVIORAL CONCERNS IN PERSONS WITH DOWN SYNDROME, 215 -- Bonnie Patterson, M.D. -- 16 LIFE ISSUES OF ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS WITH -- DOWN SYNDROME, 221 -- Dennis E. McGuire, Ph.D., and Brian A. Chicoine, M.D. -- 17 HEALTH CARE GUIDELINES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH -- DOWN SYNDROME-1999 REVISION. 237 -- William I. Cohen, M.D. -- PART VI RESEARCH -- 18 SEQUENCING OF CHROMOSOME 21/THE HUMAN -- GENOME PROJECT, 249 -- David Patterson, Ph.D. -- 19 NONCONVENTIONAL THERAPIES FOR DOWN SYNDROME: -- A REVIEW AND FRAMEWORK FOR DECISION MAKING, 259 -- W. Carl Cooley, M.D. -- 20 THE GENETIC ORIGINS OF COGNITION AND HEART DISEASE -- IN DOWN SYNDROME, 275 -- Julie R. Korenberg, Ph.D., M.D., Gillian Barlow, Ph.D., Lora S. Salandanan, -- B.S., Pranay Bhattacharyya, B.S., Xiao-Ning Chen, M.D., and Gary E. Lyons, -- Ph.D. -- 21 THE ORIGIN AND ETIOLOGY OF TRISOMY 21, 295 -- Terry Hassold, Ph.D., and Stephanie Sherman -- PART VII PSYCHO-SOCIAL ISSUES -- 22 BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS/SOCIAL AND SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT, 305 -- Leslie Walker-Hirsch, M.Ed. -- 23 FOOD, FEEDING, AND FAMILY: ON THE ROAD TO -- HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, 317 -- Joan E. Medlen, R.D., L.D. -- 24 DOWN SYNDROME AND AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS, 327 -- George T. Capone, M.D. -- PART VIII EDUCATION/INCLUSION -- 25 INCLUSION: WELCOMING, VALUING, AND SUPPORTING -- THE DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS IN -- SHARED GENERAL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTS. 339 -- Richard A. Villa, Ed.D., and Jacqueline Thousand, Ph.D. -- 26 POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS: CREATIVE SUPPORTIVE -- ENVIRONMENTS AT HOME, IN SCHOOLS. AND IN THE COMMUNITY, 357 -- Hank Edmonson, M.Ed., and Ann Turnbull, Ed.D -- 27 POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, 377 -- Phyllis Jacks, Ed.D. -- 28 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 381 -- Joseph F. Wallace, Ph.D. -- PART IX COMMUNICATION, MATH, AND -- LANGUAGE SKILLS -- 29 STARTING OUT: SPEECH AND LANGUAGE INTERVENTION FOR -- INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DOWN SYNDROME, 395 -- Libby Kumin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP -- 30 MAXIMIZING SPEECH AND LANGUAGE IN CHILDREN AND -- ADOLESCENTS WITH DOWN SYNDROME. 407 -- Libby Kumin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP -- 31 LIBERATION FROM TRADITIONAL READING AND -- MATH TEACHING METHODS AND MEASUREMENTS, 421 -- Patricia Logan Oelwein, M.Ed. -- PART X TURNING THE VISION INTO REALITY -- 32 TURNING THE VISION INTO REALITY, 439 -- Andrea Lack, M.S.W., C.S.W. -- INDEX, 447.