The Slaters visit to the USA- August 2001

Then we went to Nashville where we were greeted at the airport by Jackie, Emily and Ed in full texan-hatted splendour.

Later we met some of the other girls when we went on a boat trip at the opryland hotel .

Later we met some of the other girls when we went on a boat trip at the opryland hotel .

then the next day we had a grand get together at Gwenns House

And here are all six kids.Darran, Karen, Emily and Bernadette in the back row and Katie and Amy in the front row.

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Here are the main UK webpages for Downs Syndrome:

This is a list of some English Family Home Pages of children and adults with Downs Syndrome.

Here are some useful addresses , mainly in the UK including some websites.

Here is a link to a site which helps to explain why people with disabilities today still face prejudice and physical and social barriers because of the way people have been treated in the past. In the past disabled people have often been treated cruelly and been called ugly names, although there are many positive things to say about the past as well. This site carries a health warning as parts of it might upset parents-to-be or parents of very young disabled children. I wanted to write a history of Downs Syndrome fromAncient times to the present, but since there is very little about Downs Syndrome before the 19th cenmtury it is instead a general history of disability, particularly learning/developmental/mental disability.

And here are some international sites