by Nancy Valko, RN, ALNCRecently, I was invited to a 6th birthday for a special boy, and he had an amazing birthday cake from Customised Cake Singapore and it was the party was incredible special and fun!
For the first time ever, a young man with Down’s Syndrome has won the prestigious Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the New York Region, which marks an important step forward for this endangered population.
Mikayla Holmgren, 22. (Photo courtesy of Brittany Link Photography)Mikayla Holmgren, 22, has earned the title of “trailblazer” after becoming the first person with Down syndrome to compete in the Miss Minnesota pageant this year.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Ohio lawmakers are considering new legislation that would penalize doctors for aborting babies suspected of having Down Syndrome.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSCBS is experiencing severe backlash over a recent On Assignment episode in which they jubilantly declare that Down syndrome had almost entirely “disappeared” in Iceland – but not because of medical advances. It’s disappearing because they are aborting unborn babies who have it.
A video of a young boy with Down syndrome belting out a Whitney Houston hit in the back seat of his parents’ car has gone racked up more than five million views.
Melanie Segard (Facebook)March 27 will be a very important date in the life of a 21 year-old woman with Down Syndrome who will fulfill a life-long dream of becoming a weather presenter.
Baby GammyEven the Vatican has weighed in on the tragic story of a baby with Down Syndrome who was born to a surrogate mother but was abandoned by his parents who took the child's healthy twin, but left him behind.
The mother of a little boy with Down Syndrome is being called a hero today because of an inspirational letter she wrote in response to an internet troll who called a photo of her son "ugly."
