Speaking all over the world
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine (2nd year students, 3rd year Pediatric residents, Pediatric Grand Rounds)– New York, NY
University of Vermont Medical School-Burlington, VT
College of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey-Newark,NJ (Pediatric Grand Rounds)
New York Medical College - Valhalla, NY
Vanderbilt Medical School-Nashville, TN
Cornell University Medical School-New York, NY
New York University Medical School-New York,NY
University of Texas, Medical Branch - Galveston, TX
United Hospital- Portchester, NY
Northern Westchester Hospital - Mt. Kisco, NY
Mercy College - Dobbs Ferry, NY
Phelps Memorial Hospital-Tarrytown, NY
Western Maryland College, Westminster, MD
Brown University - Providence, RI
Rutgers University, School of Social Work,New Brunswick NJ
Lehman College, New York, NY
Columbia University School of Social Work-New York, NY
Westchester Community College-Valhalla, NY
Manhattanville College-Purchase, NY
College of New Rochelle-New Rochelle, NY
Elizabeth Seton College-Dobbs Ferry, NY
Fordham University-New York, NY
Nisonger Center, Ohio State University-Columbus, OH
Mental Retardation Institute - Valhalla, NY
Rockland Community College, NY
Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, VA (3 presentations)
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO
Fordham University, School of Social Work - four times
Long Island University
SUNY at Cortland, 2 classes, Cortland, NY
Salem State University, Salem, MA
Marymount College, NYC
New York University, NY Film class on diversity, NYC (2 times)
St. Andrew’s Camp, Starlight, PA
Fox Lane Schools-Bedford, NY- Junior High & High School
Sacred Heart School-Dobbs Ferry, NY
Sacred Heart School-Yonkers, NY
Sacred Heart School-Port Chester, NY
Robert E. Bell School-Chappaqua, NY
Bedford Road Elementary School-Pleasantville, NY
Springhurst School-Dobbs Ferry, NY
"Road Show" Presentation on Disabilities in about 20 public schools
Quaker Ridge Elementary School-Scarsdale, NY
Burroughs Middle School-Yonkers, NY
P.S. 31 Elementary School - Yonkers, NY
P.S. 28 Elementary School - Yonkers, NY
P.S. 14 Elementary School - Yonkers, NY
P.S. 11 Elementary School - Yonkers, NY
P.S. 26 Elementary School - Yonkers, NY
New Rochelle High School- New Rochelle, NY
Emerson Middle School - Yonkers, NY
Lincoln High School-Yonkers, NY
Sleepy Hollow High School - Tarrytown, NY
Herbert G. Birch Early Childhood Center, Riverdale NY
UNDERSTANDING HANDICAPS-Mamaroneck Public Schools
Board of Directors, Schoolhouse Theater, Croton Falls, NY
Washington Heights, NY address DS parent group
National Down Syndrome Congress-Workshop (Adoption)
AAMD of Ohio-Columbus OH
AAMD of Virginia- Virginia Beach, VA
TASH - The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
Early Intervention Center-St. Agnes Hospital
Down Syndrome Symposium-Freehold, NJ
No. Salem ARC-Peabody, Mass.
Dept. of Education-Birth to Two, Lubbock, TX
Rehabilitation Programs, Inc.-Poughkeepsie, NY
United Way of Yonkers, NY
United Way of Northern Westchester, NY
United Way - IBM, White Plains, NY
United Way - IBM, Milford, CT
United Way of Westchester Awards Luncheon
United Way - Nestle Corporation, White Plains, NY
United Way - Ciba Geigy Company, Ardsley, NY
Westchester ARC Staff Training Day
Professional Association for Retardation-Columbus, OH
Yonkers NY ARC
Special Education Training & Resource Center-Ardsley NY
Special Education Training & Resource Center-Yorktown, NY
SETRC, Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES, Ithaca, NY
Tri-County Regional Center-Ventura, CA
Westchester Pharmacological Society
No.American Council on Adoptable Children, Austin TX
Adoption Conference-Albany, NY
Adoption Conference--Maryknoll- Ossining, NY
Metro-TASH Conference-New York City, NY
So. West BOCES Conference
Early Intervention Program-Holmdel, NJ
Media Awards Luncheon Keynote, Public Awareness Campaign
for Developmental Disabilities-Columbus, OH
Sarah A. Litch Developmental Center, Ft. Wayne, IN
Tidewater ARC, Richmond/Virginia Beach, VA
National Down Syndrome Congress - emcee at Annual NDSC
Convention, Wichita, KS
Herbert G. Birch Early Childhood Center, Riverdale, NY
Israel Rehabilitation Society, Tel Aviv, Israel
Hadassah-WIZO-Canada Research Institute, Van Leer Institute,
Jerusalem, Israel
President's Committee on Mental Retardation, Washington D.C.
PEAK Parent Center, Denver, CO
Dept. of Mental Retardation Management Conference,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, No. Falmouth, MA
Mental Health Association, Allen County, Ft. Wayne, IN
Pennsylvania ARC annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA
Keynote-Annual meeting, New Jersey Association for Retarded
Citizens, Newark NJ
4th Annual Down Syndrome Convention, Jerusalem, Israel
Council for Exceptional Children, Thornwood, NY
National Council for Jewish Women, Yorktown Heights, NY
Jewish Assn. for Retarded Citizens, Southfield, MI
Keynote-Down Syndrome Aim High Conference-Troy,NY
Keynote-Central Illinois Down Syndrome Organization-
Bloomington, IL
Keynote-Association for Mainstreaming Youth with Disabilities
New York, NY
Family Resource Associates, Inc., Shrewsbury, NJ
Union County, NJ - ARC
NY State MR/DD Nurses Association - Keynote, Tarrytown, NY
ARI, Inc., Stamford CT - Keynote
Tallahassee FL Down Syndrome Parent Support Group
Gold Coast Down Syndrome Association - twice
Brandeis Women’s Committee Luncheon
American Assn. for Mental Retardation Annual Convention
SEPTA of New Rochelle, NY
Keynote - Connecticut DS Congress Annual Convention, Norwich CT
Keynote - Massachusetts DS Congress Annual Convention,
Boston, MA
Fundacion Magarita Tejada, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Jewish Adoption & Foster Care Options – Boca Raton FL – keynote – (2 times)
Kindering Center for Children with Disabilities – Bellevue WA – keynote –
Westchester Institute for Human Development
Shared Living & AFC Conference, Marlborough, MA - keynote
New York State Rehabilitation Association, Saratoga Springs, NY - keynote
Self Advocacy Committee - WIHD - Valhalla, NY
Aspen Life Health Conference - Aspen, CO
JCC, Scarsdale, NY
AAUW, Greenburgh Library, Greenburgh, NY
WARC, Hawthorne, NY
LIU, Rockland County
NYSRA, Keynote, Sarasota, NY
Self Advocacy Assn., Hear Our Voices – speech – WIHD Valhalla NY
SESAME STREET - WRITER - 1970 to 2015
DONAHUE, NBC-TV, New York
ALL MY CHILDREN-ABC-TV
GOOD MORNING AMERICA - ABC-TV
CNN NEWS - Charles Feldman
EYEWITNESS NEWS - ABC-TV
11:00 LATE NEWS - CBS-TV
MOTHER'S DAY - Joan Lunden- Lifetime Cable Network
THIS IS MY SON - NBC-TV
WOMAN TO WOMAN - Pat Mitchell
MIDDAY LIVE - Bill Boggs - Metromedia
HOUR MAGAZINE-Pat Mitchell, Gary Collins
SONYA Show-Sonya Friedman, USA Cable Network
LIVE AT FIVE-NBC Action News-Betty Furness
Tarrytown Cable Channel 34
WVIP-fm & WVIP Cable Channel 12
AM PHILADELPHIA-WPVI-TV Philadelphia
THE PERSONAL ZONE- WNBC Radio, Ellen Siroka
WLAD-Radio, Danbury CT
WFAS-Radio, White Plains, NY
WKTOK-Radio, Oklahoma City, OK
WSAR-Radio, Fall River, MA
Channel 11 News, New York, NY
THE NOON SHOW-Nashville, TN
NBC WEEKEND - NBC News (Children of Hope-Emmy Winner)
CHILDREN...AND ALL THAT JAZZ (NBC)
BETTY KAMEN SHOW, WMCA, New York, NY
GARY WEBB SHOW, WPLN-fm, Nashville, TN
THE EDITOR'S DESK - WKJG-TV, Channel 33, Ft. Wayne, IN
WPTA-TV, Channel 21, Ft. Wayne, IN
WANE-TV, Channel 15, Ft. Wayne, IN
GOOD COMPANY, KING-TV, Seattle, WA
CBS SUNDAY MORNING [Charles Kuralt], CBS-TV
NANCY MERRILL SHOW, WNEV-TV, Boston, MA
LIVE AT FIVE, WBAL-TV, Baltimore, MD
LIVE AT FIVE ACTION NEWS, NBC-TV, New York, NY
KNLS-World Christian Broadcasting Corporation, Cuyahoga
Falls, OH [short wave station going to 1/2 the world]
CBS THIS MORNING, CBS-TV
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, This Morning Show
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO - Morning Edition
LYNCHBURG COLLEGE PRESENTS - Public TV Show
EYE ON TAMPA BAY - WTVT, Tampa, FL
Barbara Walters Special “THE PERFECT BABY”- ABC-TV
National Down Syndrome Society film: ‘OPPORTUNITIES TO
GROW’
Jane Pauley’s DATELINE NBC - NBC-TV twice
FAMILY FORUM ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Cable Show - on-camera host - 21 episodes
WCHS-AM Talk radio Paul Wheeler & Big Joe, Charleston WV
FAMILY MATTERS RADIO – Ohio/Mississippi/Rhode Island am-fm
Bruce Apar - Bruce the Blog - Yorktown TV, Yorktown, NY
Heart To Heart with Michael - Radio Show - Israel
Megyn Kelly TODAY SHOW - NBC-TV
New York Foundling Hospital
Suffolk County Employees Handicap Awareness Seminar
New York City DS Parent Support Group
Aim High-Albany NY DS Parent Support Group
San Francisco-Oakland DS Parent Support Group
Santa Barbara CA DS Parent Support Group
Nashville, TN DS Parent Support Group
Pittsburgh, PA DS Parent Support Group
Queens NY DS Parent Support Group
Ithaca NY DS Parent Support Group
New Paltz, NY DS Parent Support Group
Ardsley Kiwanis-Ardsley, NY
Junior League-Scarsdale, NY
Westchester County Librarians
Vineland, NJ Open Town Meeting
Burlington VT DS Parent Support Group
Jefferson Valley Mall - Kid Awareness Week kickoff
[With "Kids On The Block"]
Parents of Down Syndrome, Allentown, PA
YATED, Down Syndrome Parent Group of Jerusalem, Israel
Down Syndrome Parent Group, Tel Aviv, Israel
Up with Downs, DS Parent Group, Tampa, FL
Indiana Down Syndrome Coalition Conference, Indianapolis IN
Family Resource Assn., Down Syndrome Conference, Somerset NJ
Pennsylvania Assn. of Resources for People with Mental Retardation
Peekskill Profiles
Thirty Years of Diversity Symposium, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC
1999 DS Conference-Kennedy Krieger Inst.,Baltimore MD
Keynote - Statewide Down Syndrome Medical Conference - FL
Keynote - National Down Syndrome Society - July 1998
Keynote - State-Wide DS Medical Conference - Jacksonville, FL
Luncheon speaker - Chesapeake Down Syndrome Group
Keynote/Panel/Workshops-Circle of Support, ARC Woodbridge VA
Keynote - Fundacion Margarita Tejada for Sindrome de Down - Guatemala
Jewish Community Center - New York City
Westchester Cinema Club - Greenburgh, NY
Radio/TV interview with Tony Balton
Radio Interview – Bernie the Attorney – WFAS
Phone interview – NDSS
Interview on women and children’s media – Tisch Center, NYC
Videotape interview with Jason for WIHD, Valhalla, NY
Board of Directors – Gigi’s Playhouse, Westchester (2016-2017)
Several interviews & filming for documentary FAR FROM THE TREE
Radio Show, All Heart, dir. Michael Liben, Jerusalem, Israel
Premiere screening – documentary FAR FROM THE TREE New York City, NY
About 20 Q&As at various screenings of FAR FROM THE TREE
Chicago
Seattle
San Fransisco
Los Angeles
Denver
St. Louis
Boston
Dallas
Washington D.C.
Minneapolis
Winter Haven Florida