Resource of the Week: Reece's Rainbow

This article in the the Maryland Gazzette highlights the efforts of one proud mother of a child with Down syndrome.

After her first son was born seven years ago with Down syndrome, Andrea Roberts, turned her grief into action and founded Reece's Rainbow. Reece's Rainbow is an adoption agency that places foreign-born children with Down syndrome in American homes.

Since 2002, she has placed over 190 children (an average of one a week) in loving families and her website contains information about many more children waiting for adoption.

I am always amazed by parents who react to the challenge of Down syndrome by starting their own company of setting up their own foundation. I can understand where they get the motivation, but don't know where they get the time and energy. Do you know of any other parents that have started their own company or foundation after having a child with Down syndrome?