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SOFT welcomes families who are expecting or who have had a baby with a related chromosomal disorder.  These disorders are usually more rare than trisomy 18 or 13 and can have many variations of symptoms from little or no apparent problem to profound mental and/or physical problems.  When requested, SOFT tries to find a match from its active membership families but there may only be only a few, if any members, with a specific related disorder in the SOFT database.  SOFT does not have educational literature for related disorders but following this page, lists other resources that may be of help.   

Related disorders can occur in any chromosome and may have one or more of the following descriptions: mosaic, monosomy, deletion, partial trisomy, translocation, ring, tetrasomy, duplication, inversion, isochrome, triploidy, and trisomy of chromosomes other than trisomy 18 or 13

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The one exception is trisomy 21, Down syndrome, which occurs more often than trisomy 18 or 13, and has its own support groups.

SOFT MEMBER CONTACTS
for specific chromosomes, as listed:
If you wish to become a SOFT member contact for a specific chromosome contact
Barb VanHerreweghe  at (800)716-SOFT.

 

Chromosome 1

Charlene Jurysta
114 Whitetail Lane 
Butler PA 16001-0268
Phone:  (724) 865-2397

 

Chromosome  4

Christine Kleimola
1109 Sherman Street
Ypsilanti, MI  48197
Phone:  (734) 482-4027
Email:
chriskleimola@sbcglobal.net

 

Chromosome  6

Lucille Rogers
219 N.E. 12th Avenue
Ocala, FL  34470
Phone:  (352) 351-0457
Email:  LR492@aiservices.com

Chromosome  8

Judy Miller
2130 Rosemont Drive
Coralville, IA  52241
Phone:  (319) 337-2608
Email:   judith-miller@uiowa.edu

Jennifer Wojtkiewicz
18865 Highlite Drive South
Clinton Twp., MI 48035
Phone:  (810) 790-3734 
Email:   J722@worldnet.att.net

 

Chromosome 9

Laurie Rosenfeld
12129 Mabledon Court
Raleigh, NC  27613
Phone:  (919) 870-1663
Email:  blrosenfeld@aaahawk.com

 

Chromosome 13

ThereseAnn
15802 Springdale St.. #68
Huntington Beach, CA  92649
Phone: 
Email:
info@LivingWithTrisomy13.org
Website:
www.livingwithtrisomy13.org


Chromosome 15

Dan & Betty Hane
1506 McCully Road
Pittsburgh, PA  15234-1939
Phone:  (412)-344-1865
Fax: (412)-207-0676
Email:  USERHA8039@AOL.COM

 

Chromosome 16

Karen Lange
331 Haddon Circle
Vernon Hills, IL  60061
Phone:  (847) 816-0627
Email:  kblange@aol.com

Chromosome 18

The Chromosome 18 Registry and Research Society
www.chromosome18.org
7155 Oak Ridge Drive,
San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone: (210) 657-4968
Email:   jmcging@dm.net

 

Chromosome 19

Reatha Lyda
609 Loop Road
Hendersonville, NC  28792
Phone:  (828) 696-8810
Email:  redu@cytechcis.net

Chromosome 22

Stephanie St Pierre
232 Kent Ave
Timmons, Ontario, Canada 
P4N 3C3
Phone: (705) 268-3099
Email:  a815@c22c.org

 

 

 

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SOFT Member contacts for T18, T13,  and specific chromosome disorders

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