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

Race Eberhardt is the first actor with Down syndrome to lead an action movie in 'Strait Undercover,' which is slated for a ...

Sponsored by the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress — a nonprofit that represents more than 5,000 people living with Down syndrome throughout the state — the law has been a policy priority ...

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 ...

Since the 1980s, the average life expectancy of a person with Down’s syndrome has more than doubled, from less than 30 to well into their 60s. Living longer, though, has revealed a tragic twist ...

In SLY LIVES!, Questlove documents the genius of a funk trailblazer — and the pressure Sly felt as a Black artist. "Sly will ...

Bree told her dad she made the high school drill team — and the first person with Down syndrome to do it — in a video that went viral on social media. Her elation at the news is hard to miss.

“Now we can help this community of people with children with disabilities, and it doesn’t have to be strictly Down syndrome,” he explains. As part of that opportunity for awareness, Jake ...

The clinical name for Down syndrome is trisomy 21, a condition in which a person is born with an extra chromosome, causing mild to moderate cognitive disability, developmental delays and physical ...

While points are technically being kept, what happens between the bowls may be the real win for the young people with Down Syndrome. "You'll see that they will have a special connection with each ...

Eberhardt, 37, is now the first actor with Down syndrome to star in an action film ... the community support," Gonyo said. "So many people wanting to be a part and chipping in and donating ...

The man was experiencing sundown syndrome—a worsening of dementia symptoms that generally occurs in the late afternoon and evening. People who ... up when the sun goes down in the evening ...