“At the hospital, doctors and nurses kept saying, ‘She doesn’t look like she has Down syndrome,’” Melissa McLean, 39, who is Emma’s mother, tells TODAY.com.

“We want to make Down syndrome cool,” he said in his straightforward, Midwestern delivery. World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated annually on March 21 — 3/21 — because the date offers a ...

Down syndrome influencers have found fame and money thanks to social media — which also harbors problematic Down syndrome content powered by AI.

Slaton said his daughter Lila’s life can be a bit of a rollercoaster at times. Lila is Slaton’s youngest child. “Like other kids with Down Syndrome, she has tough days and great days,” he pointed out.

Down syndrome communities have built strong followings on social media, using well-known hashtags like #DownSyndrome and #DownSyndromeAwareness to connect and share their stories.

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

Mr. Rubert is a documentary filmmaker. 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 ...