We stood silently facing each other in the hospital corridor, until I heard the little boy’s Tonka truck clank to the floor.” ...

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ), about 1 in 700 babies in the U.S. is born with Down syndrome, which equates to about 5,100 births per year. While many cases are ...

Experts aren’t exactly sure why it happens but one risk factor is age: People who give birth over 35 are more likely to have a baby with Down syndrome, according to Cleveland Clinic.

When pregnant television newsreader Fiona Wilson was told, following a routine scan, that she had more chance of winning the Lottery than having a baby with Down's syndrome, she felt reassured ...

Many other children with Down syndrome, however, have lost their lives because of not receiving the same opportunity as Woodward. In 2021, Zion Sarmiento, an infant with Down syndrome in Florida ...

Jake Burger's first reaction to finding out his baby girl would be born with Down syndrome: "OK, and?" The baby, Penelope, had open heart surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center last month ...

“I was driving in the car, and my nurse called, and she said oh, your baby is going to have Down syndrome. Do you want to schedule an abortion? "Just like that?" I asked. Ela ...

Within moments of his mother's touch, 11-month-old Gabriel Whittecar transitioned Friday morning from sitting upright on the GiGi's Playhouse floor to lying on his tummy. Brenda Prosser, a Trine Unive ...

The National Down Syndrome Congress responded by issuing ... and brought him home and enrolled him in infant physical therapy and later, in special education classes at schools separate from ...