According to Lindsey, a mom of three, that instinct to protect and comfort his sister hasn’t faded with time. Instead, it ...

When Maria Curtis was born with Down syndrome in 1963, her Naperville family refused to institutionlize her and she would ...

When Melissa Hart’s brother was born in 1975, doctors told her parents, “Oh, he’s never going to amount to anything. You need to put him in an institution.” Hart’s brother had Down syndrome, which ...

It used to be that adults with Down syndrome werent really given a chance. Before the 1980s, an overwhelming majority of people with Down syndrome were institutionalized in the United States simply ...

Emma McLean is a 6-year-old girl who loves Taylor Swift, reading books, playing the drums and hanging with her little sister. While Emma has Down syndrome — specifically a rare type called Mosaic Down ...

About half of all children with Down syndrome are born with a heart abnormality. By age 40, about half of all people with Down Syndrome will be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, according to the ...

Rachel Handlin is possibly the first person with Down syndrome to receive an M.F.A., and one of just a few to hold a bachelor’s. Her first solo show features her portraits of others like her. The ...

The actress shares daughters Pippa, Lucky and Eliza with ex-husband Rob Giles caterina scorsone/Instagram Caterina Scorsone is celebrating World Down Syndrome Day with her family. On Friday, March 21, ...

GiGi's Playhouse in Roseville, the only center of its kind in Northern California, provides a supportive community for ...