Understanding Down syndrome, genetic condition with an extra chromosome 21, is crucial for providing appropriate care and support.
October marks Down Syndrome Awareness Month, a dedicated period to foster greater understanding, celebrate the lives of ...
Angela Castillo-Sterry became a volunteer with Jack’s Basket. She now helps virtually deliver the baskets to families in the ...
Down syndrome affects around one in 640 children born in the US every year, and is the most common genetic cause of ...
Three copies of chromosome 21 cause Down syndrome (DS), and roughly half of children born each year in the United States with ...
Nearly half of all babies born with Down syndrome face congenital heart defects, often involving serious malformations that ...
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“I want to show the world that people with Down syndrome can do anything,” Kayla Kosmalski, 18, tells PEOPLE Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has spent 20 years as a reporter ...