By Stephanie Meredith, MA, DrPH and Viviane Polarson, MS, CGC A recent viral video posted by a popular YouTuber with more than five million followers has brought renewed attention to a topic that genetic counselors, medical professionals, and Down syndrome advocacy organizations care deeply about: the quality of information available to pregnant patients at the …
We’re excited to share the remarkable progress made during year two of our multi-year HRSA Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP) grant, which funds our continued efforts to expand access to genetic healthcare across the Pacific Northwest. Expanded Patient Care and Community Impact This past year marked significant growth in our ability to serve …
By Devin Shuman, CGC (she/her) and Andrea Schelhaas, CGC (she/her) *Of note, we purposefully use capital D in Disabled and capital A in Autistic in this text as individuals who embrace disability as a core part of our identities and who are part of the larger Disability community advocating for disability rights and equality. Today, …
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Part 4: Snipping Away “The Unfit” Read on for the final part of our series tracking the rise of the pronatalism movement in Silicon Valley, the threads of eugenics woven into the fabric of that movement, and the snags of humanity that may yet unravel a carefully stitched path toward a dystopian future. For early …
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Part 3: Stitching the Values of Our Future Follow this upcoming series of blog posts to track the rise of the pronatalism movement in Silicon Valley, the threads of eugenics woven into the fabric of that movement, and the snags of humanity that may yet unravel a carefully stitched path toward a dystopian future. As …
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Part 2: Weaving Together Unlikely Allies in Defense of Good Parenting Follow this upcoming series of blog posts to track the rise of the pronatalism movement in Silicon Valley, the threads of eugenics woven into the fabric of that movement, and the snags of humanity that may yet unravel a carefully stitched path toward a …
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Part 1: The Threads of 20th Century Eugenics Interwoven with Modern Pronatalism Follow this upcoming series of blog posts to track the rise of the pronatalism movement in Silicon Valley, the threads of eugenics woven into the fabric of that movement, and the snags of humanity that may yet unravel a carefully stitched path toward …
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By Andrea Schelhaas, Stephanie Meredith and Katie Stoll In November 2021 under the Accelerated Approval Program, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval of Voxzogo (vosoritide), a drug developed by BioMarin for the purpose of increasing linear growth in children with achondroplasia with open growth plates (individuals who are actively growing). Achondroplasia is the …
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This article is written by Dr. Stephanie Meredith, the Development Director at Genetic Support Foundation and the Supervisor of our Lettercase National Center for Prenatal and Postnatal Resources. She is also the mother of a young man with Down syndrome and has worked in disability advocacy for nearly 25 years. The past two weeks have …
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Part 1: We work hard for the money (and by money, I mean $29.61) By Katie Stoll, MS, CGC In this series, we will review challenges with reimbursement for genetic counseling services. The current system undervalues genetic counseling, leading to a strain on clinics and hospitals, overutilization of genetic tests, burnout for genetic counselors, and …
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