Clinic for Special Children

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| type = Nonprofit Organization

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| key_people = Adam Heaps, MS, MBA
Laura Poskitt, DO
Erik Puffenberger, PhD
Karlla Brigatti, MS, CGC

| industry = Health care

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| homepage = {{url|https://clinicforspecialchildren.org/}}

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| foundation = {{start date and age|1989}}

| location_city = Gordonville, Pennsylvania

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The Clinic for Special Children (CSC) is a primary pediatric and adult care and genetic research clinic located in Gordonville, Pennsylvania. The facility specializes in genetic problems of the plain sects, such as the Amish and Old Order Mennonites.{{cite news |last1=Clines |first1=Francis X. |title=Research Clinic Opens in Ohio for Genetic Maladies That Haunt Amish Families |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/20/us/research-clinic-opens-in-ohio-for-genetic-maladies-that-haunt-amish-families.html?sec=health&pagewanted=print |accessdate=15 November 2018 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 20, 2002}} It was founded in 1989.{{cite news |last1=Szokan |first1=Nancy |title=Pennsylvania clinic treats genetic disorders in Amish and Mennonite people |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/pennsylvania-clinic-treats-genetic-disorders-in-amish-and-mennonite-people/2014/10/20/941b4e34-53bc-11e4-809b-8cc0a295c773_story.html |accessdate=15 November 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{cite news|last1=Petrosemolo|first1=Art|publisher=Pittsburgh Post Gazette |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2018/01/21/The-Next-Page-Lancaster-County-clinic-diseases-affecting-Amish-and-Mennonite-children-Art-Petrosemolo/stories/201801210004|accessdate=2018-11-15|date=2018-01-21|title=The Next Page: Solving genetic riddles affecting Amish and Mennonite children}} The most common genetic disorders treated by the Clinic are glutaric acidemia type I (GA1), which is common in the Amish population and maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), which has a high prevalence in the Old Order Mennonites.

Establishment

The Clinic for Special Children was founded by the Plain community with Dr. D. Holmes Morton and his wife, Caroline in 1989. The original clinic building was raised by the Plain community in Strasburg, Pennsylvania and completed in 1990.{{cite web|title=History & Mission |url=https://clinicforspecialchildren.org/who-we-are/historymission/|accessdate = 2018-11-16 | publisher= Clinic for Special Children}} In 2024, the organization moved to a new facility in Gordonville, Pennsylvania after a successful $13.3 million capital campaign.{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=JOHN WALK {{!}} Features |date=2024-04-03 |title=Clinic for Special Children says goodbye to Strasburg Township, completes move to Leacock Township |url=https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/clinic-for-special-children-says-goodbye-to-strasburg-township-completes-move-to-leacock-township/article_2f051350-f1d6-11ee-a77a-cb9a51c31fa2.html |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=LancasterOnline |language=en}} In addition to patient care facilities, the Clinic also houses its own laboratory, providing rapid biochemical and molecular genetic testing. The Clinic sees over 1,700 active patients and performs over 5,000 biochemical and genetic tests each year.{{Cite web|url=https://clinicforspecialchildren.org/our-impact/|title=Our Impact|date=2016-08-01|website=Clinic for Special Children|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-10}}

References

External links

[http://www.clinicforspecialchildren.org/ Official site]
[http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/2004/07/23/sids.php Genomics in Amish Country]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20041222054403/http://www.brightsurf.com/news/oct_02/NIH_news_100102.html Scientists discover genetic defect responsible for devastating brain disorder among Amish babies]

Category:Amish in Pennsylvania