ms. whiten. ms. whitten: i think one of the great advances which ironically which were only finalized in he early 1990's is kind of deinstitutionalization in our country. people with down syndrome were put in institutions most of which were inhumane and as dr. mobley and dr. espinosa said, bringing them home, standing on the shoulders of the human rights -- civil rights activists of the 1960's and 1970's, including a great advocate of ours, senator tom harkin, they were able to live a longer life. then, as dr. espinosa said, with additional research we believe that that 60 sound barrier can be upwardly mobile and then the quality of life. i think the quality of life is the number concern that i as a parent have and that we here in the -- hear in the down syndrome community. first and foremost is health. if you suffer from bad health, everything is secondary. so getting the great health care at all stages of life, we're in new territory with adults doubling their life span, this is the first generatio