Family Support

The Greenwood Genetic Center strives to help patients and their families connect with available resources and other families.  We support several local and national parent organizations in numerous ways including coordinating meetings, providing meeting space, speaking, facilitating, sitting on boards, etc.  Although there is no cure for most genetic conditions, our goal is to provide families with the education, knowledge, resources, and connections they need to enhance the quality of life for both the patient and the family as a whole.

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Family Resources

General Support Organizations

• Family Connection of South Carolina
• Family Village
• Genetic Alliance
• Genetic Home Reference
• Moms in Common
• National Organization for Rare Diseases
• Newborn Screening (Screening, Technology and Research in Genetics)
• South Carolina BabyNet Central Directory

Support Organizations for Specific Diagnoses

• 22q and You Center (22q11 deletion)
• 22q13 Deletion Syndrome Foundation (Phelan-McDermid syndrome)
• Angelman Syndrome Foundation
• Autism
  • South Carolina Autism Society
  • Project Rex
  • Autism Speaks
  • National Foundation for Autism Research
  • Doug Flutie Foundation for Autism
• Children’s Tumor Foundation (formerly National Neurofibromatosis Foundation)
• Chromosome Disorder Outreach
• Down Syndrome
  • Down Syndrome Family Alliance of Greenville
  • National Down Syndrome Society
  • National Association for Down Syndrome
• Epilepsy - SAFE (SC Advocates for Epilepsy)
• Fragile X Syndrome - National Fragile X Foundation
• Little People of America
• Microcephaly - Foundation for Children with Microcephaly
• Muscular Dystrophy
  • Muscular Dystrophy Association
  • Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (for Becker and Duchenne MD)
• Prader-Willi Syndrome Association
• Rett Syndrome - International Rett Syndrome Association
• Smith Magenis Syndrome
• Unique Rare Chromosome Support Group
• Velocardiofacial Syndrome Educational Foundation
• Williams syndrome - National Williams Syndrome Foundation