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Parents' Dreams For Their Young Adults With Down Syndrome: What Resources Are Needed To Achieve Them?, Julianna Elise Hudnall
Parents' Dreams For Their Young Adults With Down Syndrome: What Resources Are Needed To Achieve Them?, Julianna Elise Hudnall
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This study sought to identify the goals parents have for their young adult sons and daughters with Down syndrome, the factors that help to achieve those goals, and parents' perceived barriers to successful attainment of those objectives. While many supports are readily available to youths with Down syndrome in primary and secondary school, many of these supports disappear as these individuals transition into adulthood. When combined with the inherent challenges of emerging adulthood, significant gaps in resources become evident for this population. In order to identify areas in need of improvement, this study surveyed parents of post- and peri-transitional young …