Down Syndrome

Bristol Palin: I Made A Mistake

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Abortion, Bristol Palin Mistake, Down Syndrome, Bristol Palin Abortion Mistake, Video, Bristol Palin Blog, Sarah Palin, Bristol Palin, Politics News

Bristol Palin apologized and corrected earlier statements she made about fetuses that are aborted because they have been diagnosed with Down Syndrome ...

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PHOTOS: Reddit Users Send Hundreds Of Letters To Stranger Dying From Liver Disease

Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Reddit, Sean O'Connor, Sony Music Entertainment, Video, Ben Hardwick, Longonot Education Initiative, Johnny Cash, Liver Disease, Scott Widak, Slideexpand, Impact News

Though loving family members constantly support his dying uncle, Sean O’Connor turned to complete strangers to help lift his relative’s spirits. ...

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Looking For Suffering In All The Wrong Places

Rachel Adams | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Disability, Parenting, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Judaism, Suffering, Becoming-Fearless, Religion News
Rachel Adams

Equating Down syndrome with suffering, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach praises the "doctors who work tirelessly so that this disease can be purged and children came into the world healthy." Down syndrome is not a disease.

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Student With Down Syndrome

Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Special Olympics, Carolann Nunez Prom Queen, Americas High School, Prom Queen, Prom, Carolann Nunez, Michael Nunez, Good News News

Carolann Nunez, a Texas high school student with Down syndrome, was crowned prom queen on Saturday, KVIA-7's Jennifer Myers reports. After learning...

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Student With Disability Fights To Play Sports

AP | JEFF KAROUB | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Video, Special Needs Students, Students-With-Disabilities, High School Sports, Mhsaa, Michigan High School Athletic Association, Eric Dompierre, Eric Dompierre Sports, Detroit News

LANSING, Mich. -- A 19-year-old with Down syndrome took his case for high school sports eligibility to state lawmakers Wednesday, arguing that Michiga...

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Why Does G-d Allow Children To Be Born With Disabilities?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Judaism, Down Syndrome, Chabad, Children With Disabilities, God, Suffering, Torah, Religion News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

We Jews protest and remonstrate against suffering. We don't excuse it. We don't justify it. We don't find beauty in it. We don't find spiritual purpose it in. We fight it and, to the best of our ability, cure it.

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Tribeca 2012 Diary: Any Day Now Director Travis Fine

Dan Persons | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Tribeca Film Festival, Gay Rights, Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Travis Fine, Tribeca, Love, Gay Adoption, Any Day Now, Family, Isaac Leyva, Any Day Now Movie, Video, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Director Travis Fine (The Space Between) is making his return to Tribeca with this moving drama. We sat down in the bunker-like entryway to the press lounge to talk about the film.

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Teen With Down Syndrome Fights To Stay In The Game

Ileana Llorens | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Video, Eric Dompierre, Eric Dompierre Basketball, Student With Down Syndrome Fights to Play Sports, Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, Teen News

Eric Dompierre just wants to play basketball, but his age might put him on the bench for his senior year. Dompierre, who has Down syndrome, has bee...

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Special Needs Students Finds Independence, Town's Support At Bus Stop

Kirkwood Patch | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Glendale, Greatest Person of the Day, Tom Mehan, Bus Stop, Good-News, Grace Mehan, Facebook, Colleen Mehan, Impact News

A Glendale bus stop is unlike any other. It announces holidays with elaborate decorations; it has a special name; and last week it got its own Faceboo...

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The One Thing That Kept A New Mom From Falling Apart

Kelle Hampton | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Female Friendships, Parent Friendships, Parent Friends, Parents Down Syndrome Child, Kids With Down Syndrome, Parents-Babies, Mom Friends, Bloom Finding Beauty in the Unexpected, Girlfriends, Parents-Moms, Down Syndrome, Enjoying the Small Things, Parents News
Kelle Hampton

Although I might not have known it, my heart began its healing process the moment my eyes met Nella's for the first time.

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WATCH: Sister's Touching Tribute For Brother With Down Syndrome

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Video, Down Syndrome Day, Girls Tribute to Brother, Girls Down Syndrome Video, World-Down-Syndrome-Day, Ace Explains Down Syndrome, Ace, Down Syndrome Tribute, Parents News

"Whatever, I'm just happy he's my brother." Big sister Ace is out to deliver an important message: Her brother Archie has Down Syndrome, but he is ...

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Act Like Your Kids Live Here

Jess Wilson | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Jess, Drive Like Your Kids Live Here, Down Syndrome, Reece's Rainbow, Diary of a Mom, Act Like Your Kids Live Here, Down Syndrome Awareness, Think Like Your Kids Live Here, Autism, Shared Responsibility, World-Down-Syndrome-Day, Compassion, Special Needs, Video, Parents News
Jess Wilson

What if we could make signs that said ACT like your kids live here?

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'Life Goes On' Star Talks Empowerment, Awareness On World Down Syndrome Day

Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Chris Burke, Life Goes On, United Nations, World Down Syndrome Day, Video, Impact News

Marking its sixth year, World Down Syndrome Day celebrates the abilities of people with down syndrome. Chris Burke, who starred as Corky in "Life G...

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Why Do Some See My Daughter's Life As 'Wrongful'?

Amy Julia Becker | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Medical Ethics, Kids With Disabilities, Down Syndrome, Genetic Testing, Prenatal Testing, Discrimination Against Disabled, Wrongful Life, Disability, Parents News, Parents News
Amy Julia Becker

We live in a culture where disability is celebrated as a mark of human diversity (think of Becky on Glee) and even, in some cases, genius (think of Stephen Hawking). We also live in a culture where disability is viewed as an obstacle to be overcome through prenatal testing.

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Family Supports Expectant Parents Of Babies With Down Syndrome

Medford Patch | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Melanie McLaughlin, Pregnancy, Parent's First Call, Parenting, Time Magazine, Pre-Natal Care, Grace McLaughlin, Impact News

When Melanie McLaughlin found out her unborn daughter had Down syndrome in 2007, she was faced with an unimaginably difficult decision. "We all lik...

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Non-Invasive Tests for Down Syndrome Are Here -- Now What?

Adam Wolfberg, M.D. | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Pregnancy, Prenatal-Diagnosis, Verinata, Sequenom, Down Syndrome Pregnancy, Healthy Living Health News, Test During Pregnancy, Down Syndrome Screening, Screening Test, Down Syndrome Test, Healthy Living News
Adam Wolfberg, M.D.

Science can be as dramatic as television, and in the 15 years since fetal DNA was first extracted from maternal serum, the quest to develop a reliable, non-invasive test for Down syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities has at times resembled a soap opera.

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What A Little Girl Named Penny Can Teach Us About Faith And Disability

Danielle Tumminio | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Penny Faith Disability, God, Good and Perfect Gift, Amy Julia Becker, Religious Books, Disability, Meghan Henning, Penny, Faith, Home News
Danielle Tumminio

As Becker's relationship with her daughter blossoms, she begins to discern that what our society labels dis-abled or broken, God labels as good, whole, and beautiful.

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The Journey to Very Poor

Monique Ruffin | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Education, Single Mothers, Social Security, Poverty, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney Very Poor, Health Food, Healthy Living, Impact News
Monique Ruffin

"Very poor" are dirty words in this nation, and I have come to grips with the shame I once carried about being impoverished. I have also learned that very poor has much more to do with the spirit of a person than it does with the balance in his bank account.

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In Defense Of Down Syndrome Children.. Like My Son

Gabe Lyons | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Children, Abortion, Raising Children, Down Syndrome, Prenatal Blood Tests, Down Syndrome Test, Religion News
Gabe Lyons

Eleven years ago this week, Rebekah and I celebrated the birth of our first-born. Despite his Down syndrome diagnosis, we were overjoyed to welcome this new life into our family.

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Ending the R-word

Ayo Adeyeye | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Peace Corps, Entertainment Tonight, Anthony Shriver, Lauren Potter, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Special Olympics, Fred Segal, Best Buddies, Maria Shriver, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Nancy O'Dell, Glee, project360, Impact News
Ayo Adeyeye

I remember having a conversation with my elder sister, as a child, and mentioning something concerning "handicapped people." My sister, who has long h...

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'Supernanny': Child With Down Syndrome Keeps Leaving House

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: TV Canada, Down Syndrome, Video, Canada Tv, Reality TV, Lifetime, Tv Replay, America's Supernanny, Deborah Tillman, Special Needs, TV News

Deborah Tillman walked into a pretty tough and scary situation with the Fitzgerald family on "America's Supernanny" (Tue., 9 p.m. EST On Lifetime). Sh...

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Does My Baby Have Down Syndrome? Say 'Yes' or 'No'

Adam Wolfberg, M.D. | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Prenatal Care, Down Syndrome Obstetrics, Down Syndrome Test, Prenatal Diagnosis Down, Down Syndrome Doctors, Parents News
Adam Wolfberg, M.D.

The new maternal blood test to diagnose fetal Down syndrome in pregnancy is getting a lot of buzz.

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New Test For Down Syndrome Is Controversial

Lisa Belkin | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Down Syndrome, Video, Maternit21, Amy Julia Becker, Temple Grandin, Autism, Sequenom, Asperger's Syndrome, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

If you could "cure" Down syndrome or autism would you be left with the same child? If you could avoid having a child with that condition, would you? Should everyone?

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Explaining Down Syndrome, To My Daughter, And Myself

Amy Julia Becker | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Amy Julia Becker, Down Syndrome, Sequenom, Parents-Moms, Parents News
Amy Julia Becker

When Penny was first born, Down syndrome meant fear and sadness and worry. Now, it's just two words used to describe a biological reality that could never adequately define her as a person.

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The Blood Test to Diagnose Down Syndrome Goes on Sale (Finally!)

Adam Wolfberg, M.D. | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Down Syndrome, Chorionic Villus Sampling, Amniocentesis, Prenatal-Diagnosis, Sequenom, Prenatal Care, Pregnancy, Parents News
Adam Wolfberg, M.D.

Once again we are on the cusp of a maternal blood test for Down syndrome: Sequenom announced it would launch its test that diagnoses Down syndrome without an invasive test. Here's my prediction: nothing will change for years.

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