Brian Skotko

MD, MPP

Akron Beacon Journal

"Parents of Children with Down Syndrome Speak Out," by Kim Hone-McMahan, October 9, 2011.  Full story

"Study of Down Syndrome Reveals Love for and by Those with the Condition," by Kim Hone-McMahan, October 9, 2011.  Full story

American Medical News

"Down syndrome is the target of ambitious NIH research initiatives" by Susan Landers, February 25, 2008. Full story

Asbury Park Press

"The upside of Down syndrome" by Shannon Mullen, March 22, 2009. Full story

Associated Press

"Comfort or conflict:  Earlier Down syndrome test" by Malcolm Ritter, June 12, 2011  Full story.

"Could prenatal DNA testing open Pandora's box?"  by Malcolm Ritter, June 12, 2011  Full story.

Boston Business Journal

"Children's doc slams GQ for 'Down syndrome' Quip," by Galen Moore, July 19, 2011. Full story.

Boston Globe

"Hey, GQ, mocking the disabled simply isn't fashionable" by Beverly Beckham, July 31, 2011.  Full column.

"A Magazine with Style, but No Taste" by Joan Vennochi, July 21, 2011. Full column.

"Seen Through Loving Eyes" by Beverly Beckham, September 20, 2009. Full column

"Seeing Strengths, not limits, in Down syndrome" by Peter Schworm, May 28, 2006, City Weekly, page 11. Full story

Cleveland Plain Dealer

"What ever happened to Brian Skotko, who has become an advocate for children with Down syndrome?" by Harlan Spector, June 8, 2009. Full story (half-way down page)

"Celebrating success stories: Sister with Down syndrome Inspires Strongsville native's book" by Fran Henry, May 21, 2001. Full story

Columbus Dispatch

"Down Syndrome Testing."  Three-part series by Rita Price, December 4, 2011.  Full story.

Eagle Tribune

"Out of the Darknesss: Bill would help parents cope with child's Down syndrome diagnosis" by Terry Date, December 6, 2008. Full story

Harvard University Gazette

"Student's Study Fosters Bipartisan Legislation," March 17, 2005, Full story

"Survey: Down Syndrome Diagnoses Found Wanting," March 3, 2005, Full story

Los Angeles Times

"A safer and earlier way to determine if a fetus has Down syndrome is being studied" by Amber Dance, February 3, 2011.  Full story

Melrose Free Press

"New Bill Aims to Educate Parents and Doctors on Down Syndrome and Other Conditions" by Daniel DeMaina. October 9, 2008. Full article

Miami Herald

"South Florida mothers mixed on Palin" by Jennifer Mooney Piedra, September 5, 2008. Full story

National Catholic Reporter

"Living with Down's" by Alice Popovici, July 7, 2009. Full story

New York Post

"The End of Down Syndrome," by Mayrav Saar, November 13, 2011.  Full story

Newsweek

"New Era, New Worry" by Mary Carmichael, December 6, 2008. Full story

Observer-Dispatch (Utica, NY)

"Diagnosis: Down Syndrome" by Amy Neff Roth, July 27, 2009.Full story (Part I)
Full story (Part II)

Parents and Kids

"To Screen or Not To Screen: Prenatal Testing Still Controversial" by Wendy Bulawa, September 24, 2007.  Full story

Politico

"Pols Discuss Raising Special-Needs Kids" by Erika Lovely.  September 17, 2008. Full story

The New York Times

"The Quandry Posed by the New Down Syndrome Test" by Andrew Pollack, October 17, 2011. Full story.

"A Less Risky Down Syndrome Test is Developed" by Andrew Pollack, October 17, 2011.  Full story.

"No Memory but He Filled in the Blanks" by Benedict Carey, December 6, 2010. Full story

"Prenatal Test Puts Down Syndrome in Hard Focus" by Amy Harmon, May 9, 2007, page A1. Full story with video

The Wall Street Journal

"Biden Faults Palin on Stem Cells" by Elizabeth Holmes. September 10, 2008. Full story

"Palin's Pitch to Parents of Disabled Raises Some Doubts."  September 8, 2008.  Full story.

“A Brother’s Survey Touches Nerve in Abortion Fight” by Amy Dockser Marcus, October 3, 2005, page A1. Full story

Time Magazine

"Are Kids with Down Syndrome on the Road to Extinction?" by Bonnie Rochman, November 29, 2011.  Full article.

"Will New Advances in Prenatal Testing Shrink the Ranks of Babies with Down Syndrome?" by Bonnie Rochman, February 27, 2012.  Full article

Toronto Star

"The MaterniT21 LTD test could make people with Down syndrome a rarity," by Antonia Zerbisias, February 3, 2012.  Full story

US News & World Reports

"Down Syndrome Brings Joys, Not Regrets, for Many Families" by Amanda Gardner for HealthDay, September 30, 2011.  Full story.

USA Today

"Will America Cull People with Down Syndrome?"  by Brian Skotko, November 14, 2011.  Full story

Washington Post

"What is 'Style Down Syndrome'?" by Jennifer LaRue Huget, July 19, 2011.  Full story.

"Will Down Syndrome Disappear?" by Jennifer LaRue Huget, September 16, 2009. Full story

"New Safety, New Concerns in Tests for Down Syndrome" by Rob Stein, February 24, 2009. Full story

"A Leap of Love" by Michael Alison Chandler, November 9, 2008, page A1. Full story

"What is Down syndrome?" September 14, 2008. Full story

“Study: Negativity Often Tied to Down Syndrome Diagnoses” by Jonathan Finer, April 29, 2005, page A3. Full story