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Children with Down syndrome are considered outcasts, she said, throwaways. "That's why they place them to closed institutions They have to spend the rest of life being outside of society.

REISTERSTOWN, Md. — At just 17 years old, Ava Perlin is a published children's book author. Her first book, "One in a Millieon" is about her little sister, Millie.

The couple then adopted five children, including their son Asher, who is from Serbia. People with Down syndrome have an extra copy of a chromosome, which changes how their body and brain develop.

Jurnee Locklear, 3, who has Down syndrome, smiles during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday, March 17, 2025, for the opening of UNC Health’s new Down Syndrome Clinic in Chapel Hill.