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

Two women had abortions after an NHS trust mistakenly told them their babies had serious conditions, the BBC has learned.

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 ...

Doctors have developed a test which can help detect more than 90 per cent of Down's Syndrome babies during the early stages of pregnancy. It would dramatically cut the need for pregnant women to ...

Keith Alberstadt is a stand-up comedian who has appeared on television shows like “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and ...

Landmark legislation that extends at-home behavioral therapies to children diagnosed with Down syndrome has been signed into law as of Jan. 9. Sponsored by the Massachusetts Down Syndrome ...

“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 ...

She now delivers baskets to families welcoming a child with Down syndrome. “I just try my hardest to impart that it is going to be okay, it’s a baby!” If you are interested in requesting a ...

WARWICK – The family of a teenager with Down syndrome is suing the city and its police department, claiming that multiple officers responded to an anonymous tip that their son was threatening to shoot ...

Down syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality that adds an extra chromosome 21 to a baby's normal 46 chromosomes at birth. This extra chromosome causes delays in physical growth, adversely affects ...