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Welcome!

The Down Syndrome Aim High Resource Center (DSAHRC) is located in Albany, NY.  The DSAHRC provides parent-to-parent and professional services and support to individuals with Down syndrome, their families, and the professionals involved in their care.  The DSAHRC serves the Greater Capital Region and the North-Eastern region of Upstate New York.

This website provides up-to-date information on Down syndrome.  We invite you to browse through the website, to check our Calendar of Events, to find out more about Down syndrome, to educate yourself on the many issues related to Down syndrome, to read our newsletter News and Notes, to learn about the DSAHRC and how YOU can get involved, to contact us, and to tell us what we can do for you.
We would like you to discover who we are, what we do, and what we hope to achieve.

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The many ways that DSAHRC members can contribute

The DSAHRC is an organization by and for its members and the DSAHRC needs your help in a wide variety of ways.  We just can’t operate without your help.  The DSAHRC has an annual budget over $100,000, which provides for a wide variety of services and activities such as this Website, the newsletter News & Notes, new parent information packages, the lending library, educational seminars, the annual Conference, the Buddy Walk, social activities, direct impact grants, the Scholarship Fund, a centrally located office space, and two staff members.

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