A Texas special education teacher and two paraprofessionals were thrown behind bars for allegedly taping up the hands of a student with Down syndrome and forcing the youngster to walk in circles ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) – The Heart of Texas Down Syndrome Network hosted it’s 11th annual walk on Saturday, March 22, in Hewitt. There were food trucks, music and entertainment, a photo booth ...

Fifteen-year-old Dominic Henriquez from Prosper, Texas, is bringing hope to boys like him who live with Hunter syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that primarily affects males. Dominic’s journey ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has blocked Robert Roberson, a man given a death sentence based on the discredited “shaken baby syndrome,” from testifying at the Texas House Committee on Criminal ...

The Key Moments as a Texas Man Faces Execution in a Shaken Baby Syndrome Case AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas Supreme Court ruling has again cleared the way for the execution of Robert Roberson ...

Rebekah Vasquez has Down Syndrome and starts her day like any other 24-year-old. She loves makeup, and the more glitter, the better. Her bedroom reflects her heart and her prized possessions are ...

Doctors and an autopsy report concluded that baby Nikki had died following severe abuse at the hands of Roberson – specifically from shaken baby syndrome. The Texas Committee on Criminal ...

The AAP continues to affirm the dangers and harms of shaking infants and embraces the 'shaken baby syndrome' diagnosis as a subset of the abusive head trauma diagnosis. Texas lawmakers meet with ...

A Texas man this week could become the first person executed in the U.S. for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. The Texas Board of Parole on Wednesday voted 6-0 ...

A Texas judge granted a temporary injunction ... doctors misdiagnosed Curtis' injuries as being related to shaken baby syndrome and that new evidence has shown the girl died not from abuse ...

What is shaken baby syndrome? The diagnosis refers to a serious brain injury caused when a child’s head is injured through shaking or some other violent impact, like being slammed against a wall ...

The Texas Supreme Court late Thursday halted the ... symptoms once believed to be indisputable evidence of shaken baby syndrome. However, since Roberson’s conviction in 2003, the science behind ...