Barbie manufacturer Mattel announced their first-ever doll with Down syndrome on Tuesday as the ... JASON TIDWELL/MATTEL/AFP via Getty Images In an effort to spread awareness for the doll, Mattel ...

signs or pictures. All of these are skills that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that most kids pick up by age 2½, the study notes. “The American Academy of Pediatrics ...

(Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) Down syndrome is a lifelong ... Here are a few ideas: Like most children, kids with Down syndrome tend to do well with routine. They also respond better to ...

One of my most cherished pictures is her holding Nash at ... Then they found a kid in Lithuania with Down syndrome named Eli who was languishing in an orphanage. After that they found a family ...

Each year on March 21, World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) marks a global day of awareness and education about the genetic condition. The goal is to "help people understand and support those with Down ...

Down syndrome presents a pre-existing medical risk factor for kids affected by this condition, leading to congenital heart defects alongside respiratory problems along with both hearing ...

Down syndrome is a genetic condition that occurs when a child is born with an additional chromosome. The additional chromosome influences the development of the child's brain and body, resulting ...

These are early years, and they are pivotal, but so many kids blew past the window of care and had life-altering physical and cognitive setbacks. Down Syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder that ...

Where would she find a little girl with hopes and dreams and potential and challenges, who also had Down syndrome? In recent years, the representation of kids with disabilities in middle-grade and ...

The Spring family of Hutchinson, Minnesota, is the subject of two documentaries, as six of their 12 children were born with Down syndrome. Leah Spring's fifth child was born with Down syndrome ...

Amid a critical shortage of providers, AdventHealth for Children in Orlando has launched a clinic that will treat Down syndrome patients from diagnosis throughout adulthood, a first in the Southeast.