Diane Rehm’s weekly podcast features newsmakers, writers, artists and thinkers on the issues she cares about most: what’s going on in Washington, ideas that inform, and the latest on living ...

Researchers have made significant strides in the fight against Alzheimer's disease by enrolling the first individual with Down syndrome in a clinical trial aimed at preventing the onset of this ...

The fear she felt when her 22-year-old son Charles “CJ” Keeter — nonverbal, with Down syndrome and autism — went missing still haunts her. CJ has the cognitive ability of a 3-year-old.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - GiGi’s Playhouse and Trine University’s Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) program are partnering to offer parents of babies with Down syndrome an infant massage training ...

The genetic cause for the most common type of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome has been identified in mice by researchers at UCL, the Francis Crick Institute and MRC Harwell Institute.

And do you also have a tummy ache? If so, you might just have “good girl syndrome” — so says Diane Lange, a therapist and “positive living expert” whose most recent book, “Worthy ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A speech therapy program for people with Down syndrome is coming to Rockford’s GiGi’s Playhouse, thanks to a partnership with Northern Illinois University and ...

New York, NY, April 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) is pleased to welcome John McGuire to its Board of Directors. John is a Partner and the Global Head of ...

When my son was born with Down syndrome, I learned quickly that the smallest details of medical care can have an extensive effect on the quality of life. Clinicians who understood Down syndrome ...

Adelaide Crows cult hero Jacob Milbank is at risk of losing the home he shares with seven housemates with intellectual disabilities, with his local council wanting to put the property under the ...

Down syndrome, the most frequent birth defect (around 1/700 births), results in most cases from the presence in all cells of an extra copy of chromosome 21. It is characterized by a complex and ...

Joana Tsinonis didn’t know what to expect when she learned her son had down syndrome. It ended up being one of the greatest gifts of her life. “I thought my world would be very different in a ...