For little Maddox Lucille's second birthday, her mom made this lovely notecard video to raise awareness about Down Syndrome and promote acceptance.
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I just realized at 31 I may be to old for this site anymore. I never really get offended and mouth off like so many other stoolies but sometimes there is a higher road to take Pres… But maybe you're right this site isn't for the same readership that it ...
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RDS Runners has become THE national program to greatly expand public support for Down syndrome research. Join the RDS Runners Team to support research that will lead to drug therapies that will increase life opportunities for persons ...
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Beginning this year, the United Nations -- and all of its member countries -- will set aside a special annual day to recognize Down syndrome.
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Earlier this month, a little girl in New Jersey named Amelia Rivera was denied a kidney transplant because she suffers from a rare genetic disease,
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Clare Ellarby says her child wasn't allowed to take his first Holy Communion because he has Down Syndrome. In a letter from the Diocese of ... BBC News - Church refuses boy with Down's syndrome Holy ... Filed by Simon McCormack | ...
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The mother of a boy with Down's Syndrome has accused the Church of letting her down after her diocese declined to allow her son to make his first Holy Communion. Clare Ellarby, from the St Mary of the Angels church in Batley, West ...
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Like his son Noah, the model wearing the orange shirt has Down Syndrome. That's very inclusive and all, but what really got Rick feeling good is that Target didn't make a big deal about it at all. He wrote: This wasn't a “Special Clothing For ...
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He also serves as Executive Director of the UCSD Down Syndrome Center for Research and Treatment. He came to UCSD in June 2009 from Stanford University where he served as the John E. Cahill Family Professor in the Department of ...
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By Anne Thompson and Amber Payne Ryan Langston has everything a casting director would want in a child model: charisma, a hip haircut and a knockout smile.
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The most amazing blessing is her birth led them to adopt a little girl from a Bulgarian orphanage who also has Down syndrome. The little girl is 9-1/2 years old and weighed only 10 pounds because of neglect and starvation. Verity's family ...
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Read the news article Alzheimer's Med Seems Ineffective in Those With Down Syndrome at www.myOptumHealth.com.
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After appearing in a national ad for Target, a 6-year-old New Jersey boy with Down syndrome is making it big. Now, in their first interview, his parents open up to Disability Scoop.
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Parents applaud Target and Nordstrom for including a kid with special needs in ads... and not making a big deal out of it.
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One young man is making great strides in the modeling world despite what many might see as a significant impediment—he has Down syndrome. His name is Ryan, and he appears on page 9 of the new Target circular, just a few months after ...
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