Partnerships

DSAA is a founding organization of The Down Syndrome Consortium, which consists of DSAA, GiGi's Playhouse Atlanta, National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC), Emory Down Syndrome Clinic, and Adult Disability Medical Healthcare. These organizations are committed to working together on various initiatives with the goal of bringing one strong voice of advocacy and awareness for Down Syndrome. We also partner with The Arc Georgia to work on advocacy points related to the community.

DSAA provides financial support to the Emory Down Syndrome Clinic in the Department of Human Genetics at Emory University to help maintain a comprehensive clinic that serves children newborn to age seven.

DSAA also supports and partners with Gigi's Playhouse Atlanta, an awareness center that provides resources, specialized teaching (i.e. reading, writing and math tutoring), and support to individuals with Down Syndrome, their families and the community. All of the programs are free to Gigi's families and are therapeutic in nature.

Jack's Basket is our most recent partnership. Jack's Basket is a non-profit that delivers welcome baskets to new families in the hospital upon the birth of their child with down syndrome, hoping to change the stigma of a negative birth and diagnosis experience into a positive and celebratory one. DSAA has gathered a team of local parents to support new families and celebrate new babies in our community.