While Emma has Down syndrome — specifically a rare type called Mosaic Down syndrome — some people don’t believe it. “At the hospital, doctors and nurses kept saying, ‘She doesn’t look ...
Down syndrome occurs in three forms: - Trisomy 21 (95%): All the body's cells have an extra complete copy of chromosome 21 due to faulty cell division. - Mosaic Down Syndrome (1-2% of the ...
An inclusive theatre group is starting a national tour with a family-friendly comedy looking at how a woman with Down's ...
Less common forms of Down Syndrome include instances where a part of chromosome 21 detaches and attaches to another chromosome or a rare type known as mosaic Down Syndrome, where some cells have ...
To mark World Down Syndrome Day on March 21, Fox News contributor Tom Shillue headed to Times Square to speak with a father of a girl with Down syndrome about common misperceptions.
A Co Leitrim actors' group for people with Down syndrome will stage a two-part performance at a fully booked theatre in Carrick-on-Shannon tonight as part of World Down Syndrome Day. The Dock ...
As Americans become more conscious of the importance of welcoming people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including those with Down syndrome, the Catholic Church in the United ...
When Jennifer Cooper's son Eli was about to enter middle school, she anticipated that the transition might be especially difficult given that Eli has Down syndrome. Cooper, an educational ...
"I think we knew when we got her diagnosis that it was going to be our purpose with our life," says Ashlyn Joanna Morris Photos When Jake and Ashlyn Burger learned that their daughter was going to ...