In videos that are going viral on those platforms, typical facial features associated with Down syndrome are being superimposed over the faces of scantily clad women engaged in sexually suggestive ...

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“She did some research really quickly and came back on and said, ‘It’s Down syndrome. She’s going to have Down syndrome’. I said ‘OK.’” Now the pause was on the other end of the call.