A senior carer told a man with Down's Syndrome not to jump in the water prior to a fatal swimming pool incident, an inquest has heard. Michael Parker died at Salou Princess Hotel near Tarragona ...

Mosaic Down Syndrome is a genetic condition in which a person is born with an extra copy of chromosome 21 in some cells, affecting less than 1% of those with Down syndrome.

A group of volunteers who have children with Down syndrome are moving closer to a goal of setting up a GiGi’s Playhouse in Colorado Springs. Organizers are negotiating a lease on a space to ...

A Texas special education teacher and two paraprofessionals were thrown behind bars for allegedly taping up the hands of a student with Down syndrome and forcing the youngster to walk in circles ...

They’ve photographed roughly 50 families with kids or adults with Down syndrome. They want to capture their beauty—let that be the first thing you see, not their diagnosis.

About 5,700 babies are born with Down syndrome each year in the U.S., and over 400,000 people in the country currently live with it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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 ...