The lifespan of people with Down syndrome is higher than ever before, according to the Global Down Syndrome Foundation. In fact, the average lifespan of folks with Down syndrome has increased from ...

"Living with a child with Down's syndrome is exactly the same as living with our children who don't. "Life can be a little more colourful, it can be a bit slower, but it has all the joys of ...

Lior is the 13-year-old featured in the new documentary “Praying with Lior,” which highlights the bar mitzvah of a Jewish child living with Down syndrome. The character study of this charming ...

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 ...

Getting an early and accurate diagnosis of the disease causing a person’s dementia remains a huge challenge. Dr Lengyel is investigating the eye health of people living with Down’s syndrome and mild ...

The Canadian Down Syndrome Society is an organization that provides advocacy, support and resources for parents and people living with Down syndrome. Today, doctors treat Down syndrome like a curable ...

9. 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 ...

The easiest way to find out, they say, is to conduct clinical trials on people for whom the onset of Alzheimer’s is nearly guaranteed: those with Down’s syndrome. As the life expectancy of ...

Disability is no barrier for Chris Dyke, a dancer living with down syndrome. As a director and a star in the contemporary dance world, he is making history. Demon's act of 'incredible ...

“I’m beautiful, actually.” That community is composed of roughly two dozen people with Down syndrome across the globe who have graduated from two- or four-year colleges – like Handlin ...

The Down Syndrome bill would mean the establishment of a Down Syndrome Act and will be the first of its kind in the world. The Act would improve the provision and outcomes for all those living with ...