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 ...
Pediatricians have little to go on in assessing when children with Down syndrome should walk, talk and achieve other milestones. Now, a new study is detailing benchmarks specific to those with the ...
A University of Arizona psychologist has a hunch that napping might not be so good for some children with Down syndrome. Sorry, moms. Jamie Edgin, an assistant ...
Nicky Clark is a nutritional therapist in Australia who has been giving personalized nutrition advice to the parents of children with Down syndrome. She's given talks about nutrition for Down syndrome ...
When Jack DowDell was born with Down syndrome, his parents Kimberly and Devon DowDell didn’t know much about how the diagnosis would affect his life Years later, Kimberly and Devon, who are also ...
When the curtain goes up on “Christmas This Year,” an annual holiday variety show featuring performers born with Down syndrome, it will mark the 10 th year of an adventure that has blossomed from a ...
It's estimated that 1 in 640 babies in the U.S. is born with Down Syndrome. In Pittsburgh, the Down Syndrome Association ...
"I literally felt like I'd lost the air in my chest. I couldn't speak." That was the immediate reaction of a Florida dad and entrepreneur when he learned during an urgent phone call from his wife — ...
Nocturnal pulse oximetry (NPO) indices, such as the 3% and 4% Oxygen Desaturation Indices (ODI3 and ODI4, respectively), demonstrated moderate sensitivity and specificity for detecting moderate and ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - As families and schools gathered on Friday to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day, some parents of children with Down Syndrome said they are keeping a close eye on President ...
Rosy Haarlander, left, dances with her sister, Lucy, before the Buddy Walk in front of the State House on Sunday. Madison Tevlin gets ready for her speech before the Buddy Walk at the State House on ...
CB Deommodore Lenoir is accused of blowing off a holiday toy drive for kids with special needs, but his rep tells us that's just not true.