Miami Valley Down Syndrome Association

To provide information, resources and support to individuals with Down syndrome, their families and their communities.

Our organization cannot effectively serve the needs of the community without a strong base of volunteer leadership. We have many opportunities for people who want to become involved in our organization by sharing their time and talent.

In the late 1970s, several parents of children with Down syndrome began to understand the need for a way to support one another. They joined to form a group to provide information, resources and support to individuals with Down syndrome and their families. The grassroots endeavor grew as families recognized the benefits of working together towards a shared vision. Nearly forty years later, with the help of many supporters, their unyielding vision and arduous work has taken the Miami Valley Down Syndrome Association (MVDSA) from a small parent movement to nonprofit organization supporting more than 250 families in the Miami Valley of Ohio.