"I literally felt like I'd lost the air in my chest. I couldn't speak." That was the immediate reaction of a Florida dad and entrepreneur when he learned during an urgent phone call from his wife — ...

It's estimated that 1 in 640 babies in the U.S. is born with Down Syndrome. In Pittsburgh, the Down Syndrome Association ...

Kirstin Czernek and her husband share four kids, three of whom were adopted. Their two younger children have Down syndrome Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers ...

When Maria Curtis was born with Down syndrome in 1963, her Naperville family refused to institutionlize her and she would ...

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has moved to pause the federal diversity visa lottery after ...

A mom of an 18-year-old reflects and offers her advice. Stephanie Meredith is the co-author of “Diagnosis to Delivery: A Pregnant Mother’s Guide to Down syndrome” and “Welcoming a Newborn with Down ...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (WOI) - An Iowa mother is giving back to those who helped her after doctors diagnosed her son with Down ...

A mom has told Newsweek how a moment of sibling tension involving her Down syndrome child quickly turned into a valuable learning experience for her family. A clip of her daughters, posted by Nikki ...

TEXAS TOWNSHIP, Mich. — March 21 is marked on the calendar as “World Down Syndrome Day,” a day where differences are celebrated. A lot of times, it means people wear mismatched socks. But in the Cook ...

“Wow! You were so kind to that little boy!” a pediatric resident told me with a saccharine and insincere tone. I was a third-year medical student, and she’d pulled me aside after she’d witnessed me ...

Kaw Valley USD 321 is getting sued by a family in its school district. In a lawsuit filed Friday, a USD 321 staff member was accused of locking a child with Down syndrome in an equipment cage. That ...