"Sometimes, when I look into her eyes, I see a twinkle that reminds me of my sister Pandora," Cressida said about her new ...

When a baby is born with Down syndrome, or when a family has a prenatal diagnosis, there are many ways that they can get in touch with us. ... All of a sudden our life flashed before our eyes, ...

The mum added: "She is a really pleasant baby to have around and she screams, just without moving her mouth. When she locks eyes with someone, she will just sit and stare at you.

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.

Humans, by contrast, have 23 pairs of chromosomes, or 46 altogether. With Down Syndrome, a person's cells contain a third copy of chromosome 21 -- hence the disorder's scientific name, trisomy 21.

Soon, the room was filled with two babies and adults, tears of joy streaming down faces. By 8:30 that night, Jonathan “would’ve welcomed a hearse,” he was so tired. Sally begged him to go home.

Down syndrome has an array of physical characteristics, development delays, and health issues. Physical Features: People with Down syndrome tend to have a flat face, short ears, upslanting eyes, a ...

A 2024 study on babies with shaken baby syndrome found that 20% to 25% of infants die, another 20% to 25% look normal on discharge from the hospital, and fully half are left with long-term ...

Lorena Galliot: So until then, Jérôme's research had focused on the fingerprints of babies born with Down syndrome. In fact, he published a few papers on this.

Down syndrome affects about 1 in 700 babies in the United States, resulting in about 6,000 newborns a year with the condition. In 2010, there were 206,366 babies, children, teens, and adults with ...

Baby Vinnie was born without one eye, and with an ear that was in the wrong place. Grace said: “It was a complete shock to us. Obviously, when he was born, my mum noticed that his ear was in the ...

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