DSRF - Disability Saving Plan starting up this month

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Down Syndrome Research Foundation

1409 Sperling Avenue, Burnaby
British Columbia, Canada V5B 4J8

phone:	+1 604 444 3773
fax:	+1 604 431 9248

email: info@dsrf.org

Visit DSRF

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Conference on Developmental Disabilities

2010 International Conference on Developmental Disabilities and Aging/Alzheimer s Disease November 19-20, 2010, Vancouver BC Canada...more

The Centre for Specialized Learning (CSL)

The Down Syndrome Research Foundation is proud to launch their rebranded programs and services under the new Centre for Specialized Learning banner....more

Disability Saving Plan starting up this month

Norma Greenaway,
Canwest News Service
Published: Saturday, December 13, 2008

OTTAWA -- Imagine putting $1,500 into a savings account and having the government top that up with $4,500. And imagine that happening every year for several years.

Sound too good to be true? Not for Kalman and Julie Fejes. They are parents of an adult daughter with Down syndrome who is expected to qualify for the maximum in federal grants and bonds for 11 years under a new program being rolled out this month as the latest addition to Canada''s social safety net.