Down Syndrome

Welcome to the A2A Down Syndrome Advocacy Resource Center (ARC), an outreach project of the nonprofit Adversity 2 Advocacy Alliance, aiming to help individuals impacted by Down syndrome step into Down syndrome advocacy.

We hope you’ll be inspired by our A2A Advocates impacted by Down syndrome, and we invite you to listen to our A2A Spotlight features and A2A 1-on-1 interviews sharing powerful stories of how individuals impacted by Down syndrome are turning adversity into advocacy.

While you’re here, we hope you’ll join our Down Syndrome Messages of Hope campaign. Give hope. Get hope. All in 30 seconds. And if you’re interested in sharing YOUR story with the help of one of our professional journalists, let us know!

Oh, and please be sure to add your name to our Wall of Allies, so you can show your support for our advocates. If you’d like, we’ll also send you our free monthly e-newsletter.

Meet our A2A Advocates

Spotlight – Chris Herren

Spotlight – Chris Herren

A2A Spotlight feature on Chris Herren as heard on KCBS and other CBS Radio News affiliates. A2A Spotlight · Chris Herren A2A Alliance Founder and KCBS Radio anchor Jeff Bell shares the story of Chris Herren, a former professional athlete and addict who decided to pay...

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Spotlight – Jessica White

Spotlight – Jessica White

A2A Spotlight feature on Jessica White as heard on KCBS and other CBS Radio News affiliates. A2A Spotlight · Jessica White A2A Alliance Founder and KCBS Radio anchor Jeff Bell shares the story of Jessica White, who began making custom hospital gowns for sick children...

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Spotlight – Randy Taran

Spotlight – Randy Taran

A2A Spotlight feature on Randy Taran as heard on KCBS and other CBS Radio News affiliates. A2A Spotlight · Randy Taran A2A Alliance founder and KCBS Radio afternoon anchor Jeff Bell shares the story of Randy Taran, who is using her background as a filmmaker to bring...

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Spotlight – Jeff Kukes

Spotlight – Jeff Kukes

A2A Spotlight feature on Jeff Kukes as heard on KCBS and other CBS Radio News affiliates. A2A Spotlight · Jeff Kukes A2A Alliance founder and KCBS Radio afternoon anchor Jeff Bell shares the story of Jeff Kukes, who along with his family created a platform for people...

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Spotlight – Sarah McBride

Spotlight – Sarah McBride

A2A Spotlight feature on Sarah McBride as heard on KCBS and other CBS Radio News affiliates. A2A Spotlight · Sarah McBride A2A Alliance founder and KCBS Radio afternoon anchor Jeff Bell shares the story of Sarah McBride, an activist who came out as transgender on a...

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Spotlight – Kathy Koenigsdorf

Spotlight – Kathy Koenigsdorf

A2A Spotlight feature on Kathy Koenigsdorf as heard on KCBS and other CBS Radio News affiliates. A2A Spotlight · Kathy Koenigsdorf A2A Alliance founder and KCBS Radio afternoon anchor Jeff Bell shares the story of how Kathy Koenigsdorf channeled her grief over the...

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Spotlight – Frank Siller

Spotlight – Frank Siller

A2A Spotlight feature on Frank Siller as heard on KCBS and other CBS Radio News affiliates   A2A Alliance founder Jeff Bell spotlights Frank Siller, founder of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation To learn more about the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers...

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Spotlight – Adiba Barney

Spotlight – Adiba Barney

A2A Spotlight feature on Adiba Barney as heard on KCBS and other CBS Radio News affiliates   A2A Alliance founder Jeff Bell spotlights Adiba Barney and her breast cancer awareness advocacy.  

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Spotlight – Brittany Schiavone

Spotlight – Brittany Schiavone

A2A Spotlight feature on Brittany Schiavone as heard on KCBS and other CBS Radio News affiliates   A2A Alliance founder Jeff Bell spotlights Brittany Schiavone and her work to celebrate the arrival of babies with Down syndrome through "Brittany's Baskets of...

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Zeenat Yahya

Zeenat Yahya

Join Liz Saint John as she talks with Zeenat Yahya, a young woman who suffered from severe anxiety and depression throughout her childhood and early adulthood, about how she made the shift from being unable to leave her bed to advocating for mental health.

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A2A Spotlight Features

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