Supporting Organizations
The National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) works collaboratively with a group of diverse stakeholders representing the disability and medical community to advocate for the Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act. The following organizations have formally supported the bill:
- American Academy of Developmental Medicine & Dentistry
- American Association of People with Disabilities
- American Association of Kidney Patients
- Association of Organ Procurement Organizations
- Autism Society
- Autism Speaks
- Communication First
- Conquering CHD
- Cure SMA
- Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc.
- Down Syndrome Affiliates in Action
- Family Voices
- GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Centers
- Global Down Syndrome Foundation
- Global Liver Institute
- LuMind IDSC Foundation
- National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
- National Down Syndrome Congress
- National Fragile X Foundation
- The Arc
- Transplant Families
- United Network for Organ Sharing
For more information, please contact Anna Fedewa, National Down Syndrome Society Manager of Federal Government Relations at afedewa@ndss.org
