Have questions related to Down syndrome? This virtual platform is here to help you and your primary care providers.
Ainsley Cardle was 17 weeks in the womb when her mother, Mary, was told of her prenatal diagnosis for Down syndrome.
The virtual platform was created by medical geneticist Dr. Brian Skotko at Mass General to connect families and primary care physicians with personalized health and wellness information for their loved ones and patients with Down syndrome. The information then goes through sets of algorithms to provide the users with two documents: one for the caregivers, about what they should do for their loved ones with Down syndrome, and another companion document to take to their local primary care provider.
The idea for the virtual platform came to Dr. Skotko after seeing his own sister with Down syndrome struggling to access care. The idea was to take the knowledge that the doctors had and find a way to provide it easily to people around the globe.
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