Children born with Down Syndrome 5,000 years ago were recognized as members of their communities, new research reveals. DNA analysis of ancient human remains identified six individuals with the ...

In some cases, I suspect that the idea that a person with Down Syndrome will have a life of 'suffering' is convenient for parents who, for understandable reasons, don't want the burden of a child ...

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

It’s dark outside at 6:30 a.m., but it’s time for Georgia Hartle to wake her son and get him ready for the 7:30 a.m. bus to ...

Landmark legislation that extends at-home behavioral therapies to children diagnosed with Down syndrome has been signed into law as of Jan. 9. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Down Syndrome ...

Down syndrome, or trisomy 21 ... Early results can help you plan for the possibility of caring for a child with disabilities. You can also decline this test. If you think it would cause ...

Fathers who wait till later in life to have a family face a far greater risk of producing children with genetic conditions such as Down's syndrome. For the first time it has been proved that men ...

Jake Burger will wear No. 21 after being acquired by the Texas Rangers The Latest A lawsuit claims an employee of a rural Kansas school district repeatedly shoved a teenager with Down syndrome ...

A Chabad couple has taken on the incredible mitzvah of adopting a Jewish baby with Down Syndrome. Please help them with the financial support they need.