A new video entitled, "Dear Future Mom" featuring children with Down Syndrome from all around the world has gone viral, making this year's World Down Syndrome Day one for the record books!
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The scientific world is abuzz this week over a recent announcement from researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School that they believe they found a way to "switch off" the extra chromosome that causes Down's Syndrome.
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Father Thomas Vander Woude
A priest from a Gainesville, Virginia parish was faced with the challenge of a lifetime when he decided to avert a couple's plan to abort their child after it was diagnosed with Down Syndrome by promising to find a home for their baby.
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Pope Francis gave the world yet another glimpse into the profound charity of his Franciscan namesake when he gave a teen with Down Syndrome a ride on his Popemobile.
The Associated Press is reporting that 17 year-old Alberto di Tullio from Boiano, Italy got the ride of his life when Pope Francis spotted him in the crowd in St. Peter's Square yesterday.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
At a time where pre-natal testing is eliminating more than 90 percent of unborn babies diagnosed with Down syndrome, a new study from Children's Hospital in Boston finds that an overwhelming percentage of families say their lives are better because of the presence of a child with Down syndrome.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
International outrage is growing over an Italian Facebook group that is calling for children with Down Syndrome to be gotten rid of by using them as targets at shooting ranges.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
This year’s March for Life in Washington, DC will be the scene of a new effort to raise awareness of the massive number of children with disabilities who die every year in eugenic abortions.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
England’s National Health Service (NHS) is under fire again for allowing a 43 year old man with Downs Syndrome to accidentally starve to death because hospital staff failed to realize he wasn’t receiving food or water through the tube in his nose.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Scientists have been able to ease the symptoms of conditions similar to Down Syndrome in unborn mice with an injection of two particular proteins that are typically lacking in Down patients.
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Two dramatically different stories appearing in today’s news present a tragic example of how differently persons with disabilities are regarded in today’s culture.
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A new video entitled, "Dear Future Mom" featuring children with Down Syndrome from all around the world has gone viral, making this year's World Down Syndrome Day one for the record books!
The scientific world is abuzz this week over a recent announcement from researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School that they believe they found a way to "switch off" the extra chromosome that causes Down's Syndrome.
