Each year there are more than 200 families on a waiting list to adopt a child with Down syndrome in the United States. While there is still no national registry for Down syndrome adoptions, there are resources available to those wishing to adopt and to birth families considering alternatives to parenting.
 

• National Adoption Awareness Program, Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati; Information for those wishing to adopt, and for those considering parenting alternatives. Contact: Robin Reese, NAAP coordinator, at (888) 796-5504 or  email at rsteele@zoomtown.com.  
   
   
• Reece’s Rainbow ; Information on international adoptions of children with Down syndrome from Eastern Europe and Asia.  Contact: Andrea Roberts, executive director, bamaroberts@comcast.net.