"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 — ...

Her pediatrician noticed something was off when Jurnee Locklear came in for a checkup at 3 years old, her mother said. The toddler was born with Down syndrome, a genetic condition caused by having an ...

"We just want to show parents out there--you don't have to lose hope," she said. — -- Andrea Ott-Dahl said she was more than happy to serve as surrogate to her friends who were having trouble ...

Children with Down syndrome have a significantly increased risk of leukemia, while adults have a lower risk of several common ...

A University of Arizona psychologist has a hunch that napping might not be so good for some children with Down syndrome. Sorry, moms. Jamie Edgin, an assistant ...

Emma McLean is a 6-year-old girl who loves Taylor Swift, reading books, playing the drums and hanging with her little sister. While Emma has Down syndrome — specifically a rare type called Mosaic Down ...

When the curtain goes up on “Christmas This Year,” an annual holiday variety show featuring performers born with Down syndrome, it will mark the 10 th year of an adventure that has blossomed from a ...