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Monica Bray is at The Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Correspondence to Monica Bray • e-mail: M.Bray@leedsmet.ac.uk
Paper prepared from presentations and discussions at the Down Syndrome Research Directions Symposium 2007, Portsmouth, UK. The symposium was hosted by Down Syndrome Education International in association with the Anna and John J Sie Foundation, Denver. Major sponsors also included the Down Syndrome Foundation of Orange County, California and the National Down Syndrome Society of the USA.
Received 5 November 2007; Accepted: 12 November 2007; Published online: 2 July 2008