Approximately 5,700 people are born with Down syndrome every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.. At their annual advocacy conference held in Washington, D.C., last ...

Hannah Mares has been a cheerleader for six years, and now she has a chance to make history. Hannah, who is 18 years old, graduated from Bernalillo High School this year. She has Down syndrome. To ...

A donor heart saved Charlotte Woodward's life 13 years ago. Now Woodward, 35, is fighting for others with Down syndrome or other disabilities to have the same chance. Research has shown that ...

Stuart hopes Maddy shows that people with Down syndrome can live active, healthy lifestyles like everyone else, she said. She also wants to raise awareness about what it's like being a parent of a ...

COLUMBIA STATION, Ohio (WJW) – As a room full of his classmates chanted his name, Drew Schroeder was announced as prom king, and loud cheers immediately erupted. Schroeder, 19, is a senior at ...

Down syndrome itself is a genetic condition caused when an unusual cell division results in an extra full or partial copy of chromosome 21, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Down syndrome, which causes a range of developmental differences and affects 1 in 700 newborns in the United States, is caused by the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21. Mongkolchon ...

Four and a half years into our journey with Down syndrome, I can tell you that our life is pretty normal. Rilynn is just like any other precocious 4-year-old girl. She goes to preschool, loves ...

Hannah Mares has been a cheerleader for six years, and now she has a chance to make history. Hannah, who is 18 years old, graduated from Bernalillo High School this year. She has Down syndrome. To ...

She has Down syndrome. To the surprise of many, including her family (but not Hannah herself), she has been on the school cheerleading team from sixth grade to her senior year.