Monthly Archives: March 2009


If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Can He Cue?

The answer is YES if it’s at the Adventure Theatre in Glen Echo, Maryland.  Adventure Theatre will have a Cued Speech performance of If You Give A Mouse a Cookie, on Thursday, April 9th at 1:30pm.  Adventure Theatre is willing to do more Cued performances if they see that there […]


Monticello Photos

An opportunity to take pictures is always welcome.  Sunday was such a day.  Ray and I got the chance to go on a private tour of Monticello.  It was a beautiful day which allowed for some stunning outdoor shots.      


Universal newborn SCID screening has potential to save lives, money

Universal newborn SCID screening has potential to save lives, money Existing blood tests may help unlock some of the mysteries surrounding infant immunodeficiency syndromes, according to a speaker at the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology Annual Meeting held in Washington this week.   Performing inexpensive quantitative polymerase chain reaction […]


Public Comment

On 2/26/09 The Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children met at the Pooks Hill Marriott.  This is the committee who decides whether or not to recommend any new newborn screening tests to HRSA.  The committee has been meeting since June 2004 and so far has not recommended […]