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Clinics in Developmental Medicine

Down SynDrome: Current PerSPeCtiveS

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 Clinics in Developmental Medicine

Down Syndrome
Current Perspectives
Edited by

riCharD w newton
Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
Manchester
UK

Shiela Puri
University of Leeds
UK

liz marDer
Nottingham Children’s Hospital
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham
UK
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2015
Mac Keith Press

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 © 2015 Mac Keith Press
6 Market Road, London, N7 9PW

Editor: Hilary M. Hart

Managing Director: Ann-Marie Halligan
Commissioning and Production Editor: Udoka Ohuonu
Project Management: Lumina Datamatics

The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily
represent those of the publisher.

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system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the copyright
holder or the publisher.

First published in this edition in 2015

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Cover: Main image, Michael Newton - ‘Thumbs up to life’. Top circle, Billie-Jo Bailey
at school, © Richard Bailey. Middle circle, Prisca Byera, courtesy of Mariana Melo Lima
(www.marianamelolima.com). Bottom circle, Feet typical of Down syndrome.
Photograph by Katy Francis of her own feet. Used with permission.

ISBN: 978-1-909962-47-7

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Printed by Berforts, Information Press, Eynsham, Oxford, UK

Mac Keith Press is supported by Scope

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 DEDICATION

We would like to dedicate this book to:

Our families . . .
Davina, Aiysha, Rajiv, Pooja and Sunil
Surinder, Joe and Hannah
Judith, Sarah, Mike, Jenny, Chris and Will . . .
for their love and giving us the opportunity and encouragement
to complete this work;
to parents everywhere as they help their children with Down syndrome
reach their potential;
to people working in medicine, education and social care who offer those
families support in the light of current knowledge; and
to the Down’s Syndrome Association and like organizations everywhere
for their continuing important work.
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