Nov 6, 2025
Dr. Brian Chicoine from the Adult Down Syndrome Center in Chicago joined the podcast again today, this time to discuss a listener question on cholesterol. There's data that people with Down syndrome do not seem to get cholesterol related plaques on the arteries around the heart. Knowing this, should we be checking...
Oct 23, 2025
Dr. Kristie Marble is a pediatric hospital medicine physician at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO. She joined the podcast to discuss reasons why a child with Down syndrome might be admitted to a hospital and ways to advocate for them to bring them back to health before discharge.
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Oct 9, 2025
Laura Mattie and Alex Barkhimer from the school of Speech and Hearing Science at the University of Illinois joined the podcast to talk about the exciting Speech Accessibility Project to help Big Tech companies create devices that can understand people with speech differences. To find more about the project, go to
Sep 25, 2025
Meredith Peterson joined the podcast to talk about the Parent Education & Advocacy Leadership (PEAL) Center. Since 2005, the PEAL Center has been committed to serving families and professionals across Pennsylvania. Today PEAL works with families, youth and young adults with disabilities and special health care needs to...
Sep 11, 2025
It's tough to keep up with all the changes going on at the Federal level or understand how that might impact people with Down syndrome in our local areas. We were joined on the podcast by two experts in policy and advocacy from the National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC). Heather Sachs is the Policy &...