It took more than 50 years for Marthe Gautier to set the record straight about her discovery of the genetic cause of Down ...

Race Eberhardt is the first actor with Down syndrome to lead an action movie in 'Strait Undercover,' which is slated for a ...

Race Eberhardt is starring in "Strait Undercover," and is making history by becoming the first actor with Down syndrome to ...

Co-founder Gina Marie took over as executive director of Friends of Down Syndrome early this year after creating the ...

Since the 1980s, the average life expectancy of a person with Down’s syndrome has more than doubled, from less than 30 to well into their 60s. Living longer, though, has revealed a tragic twist ...

Sponsored by the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress — a nonprofit that represents more than 5,000 people living with Down syndrome throughout the state — the law has been a policy priority ...

“I’m beautiful, actually.” That community is composed of roughly two dozen people with Down syndrome across the globe who have graduated from two- or four-year colleges – like Handlin ...

The easiest way to find out, they say, is to conduct clinical trials on people for whom the onset of Alzheimer’s is nearly guaranteed: those with Down’s syndrome. As the life expectancy of ...

The clinical name for Down syndrome is trisomy 21, a condition in which a person is born with an extra chromosome, causing mild to moderate cognitive disability, developmental delays and physical ...

The clinical name for Down syndrome is trisomy 21, a condition in which a person is born with an extra chromosome, causing mild to moderate cognitive disability, developmental delays and physical ...