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Special Needs
Family Profiles and Contact Information

We would like to inroduce our family advisors and provide you with a contact number if you are in need of peer support or simply have a question that you think that they might be able to answer. (Listed in alphabetical order)

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Chris Flamm
Chris is the mother of Amy, her daughter with Down Syndrome. She and her husband also have three typical sons, James, Cooper and Steven. Chris can be reached by calling 610-779-8446.

Noe Gattone
Noe is the mother of Greg, her son with Down Syndrome. She and her husband also have a typical younger daughter, Nikki. Noe has been actively involved working with daycare centers in the area of inclusion of special needs children. Noe is active in the Down Syndrome Parents Network and can be reached by calling 610-929-8189 or by email: gregnoe1psu@comcast.net

For more information, you may also visit the network’s web site www.dspn.org

Marian Gehman
Marian is the mother of Julia; her daughter who has profound mental retardation, cortical vision impairment and intractable epilepsy. Julia is wheelchair bound and G-tube fed. Marian and her husband, Tim, have three other typical children, Jenny, Jared and Jessica. Marian is a former Special Education teacher and can be reached by calling 610-777-3809 or by email: mariangehman@juno.com

Ann Miller
Ann is the mother of Olivia, her daughter with a preliminary diagnosis of Sotos Syndrome and Agenesis of the Corpus Collosum. Olivia has global delays including gross motor, fine motor, speech and cognitive that are greater than 25%. Olivia’s specialists along with her parents are continuing to search for answers in an attempt to attain an actual diagnosis. Ann and her husband also have two typical children, Michael, and Hannah. Ann can be reached by calling 610-385-0933 or by email: annmiller@dejazzed.com
Melissa Sowers
Melissa is the mother of Stephanie, her daughter with Cystic Fibrosis. Stephaine is an active elementary school student in the Wilson School District. Melissa and her husband also have a younger son, Eric, who is not affected by CF. Melissa can be reached by calling 610-678-8816 or by email: msowers12@hotmail.com
Amy Snyder, RN
Amy is the mother of Nicholas, son with Autism. Amy and her husband also have a typical older son, Jacob. Amy is a nurse in the Emergency Room at the Reading Hospital and can be reached by calling 610-796-1860 or by email: amysnest@msn.com
Carol Wenrich
Carol is the mother of Adam, with complex congenital heart defects and without a spleen. Adam also suffered a stroke before he was 3 months old leaving him with a mild form of Cerebral Palsy. Adam wears a leg brace and has received Botox injections. Carol and her husband, Darrell, also have an older daughter, Emily. Carol can be reached by calling 610-693-9607 or by email: brspri@aol.com
Donna Wolf
Donna is the mother of Kyle, her son with Down Syndrome. She and her husband, Mike, also have a typical younger daughter, Taylor. Kyle attends elementary school in the Wilson School District. Donna is actively involved with the Eastern PA Down Syndrome Center and can be reached by calling 610-777-0758 or by email: wolfgsx@verizon.net
 
 
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