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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 ...
Videos appear to be stolen from women without Down syndrome and then a filter is applied to their face to generate an AI-enhanced video, which replaces the original poster’s features with a ...
Down syndrome communities have built strong followings on social media, using well-known hashtags like #DownSyndrome and #DownSyndromeAwareness to connect and share their stories.
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 ...
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 ...
In Ukraine, children with Down syndrome are often sent to adult institutions. Dec. 26, 2011 -- Tucked away behind the white walls of an orphanage in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, Kareen ...
According to GLOBAL, the average life span of a person with Down syndrome is approximately 60 years — a significant rise from the average life span of 25 years in 1983.