Each year on March 21, World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) marks a global day of awareness and education about the genetic condition. The goal is to "help people understand and support those with Down ...

When the filmmaker Jonatas Rubert was a child, his parents explained to him that his younger brother, Tiago, had Down syndrome. Rubert didn’t really know what that meant, nor did he care.

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 ...

Charlotte Woodward was born with a congenital heart condition, and as a child, she underwent four open heart surgeries. “Everyone thought that my fourth one would be my last,” Woodward, 33, a ...

At 12 weeks, Ela Hersberger found out her daughter Anna Rose would be born with Down syndrome. Even after she and her husband decided to move forward with the pregnancy, she faced challenges from ...

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 ...

About half of all children with Down syndrome are born with a heart abnormality. By age 40, about half of all people with Down Syndrome will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, according to ...