October is the month to celebrate Down Syndrome (though those of you who have children with Down Syndrome know that every month is a celebration). If anyone would like to participate in a Buddy Walk to help raise awareness for Down Syndrome, please check out this link to find the Buddy Walk in your area.

I am a firm believer in the use of baby sign language. My older child is language delayed, so we started teaching him sign language in order to reduce some of the frustrations that both of us were feeling due to his lack of communication skills (pointing and screaming just wasn’t working for us). We [...]

I would like to say a special Thank You to the people at Babytalk magazine for featuring a child with Down Syndrome on its cover and a wonderful story from a mom’s point of view. It is rare to see a mainstream parenting magazine featuring a child that is considered “different” in a positive light [...]

Doctors in Colorado have been experimenting with Alzheimer Disease drugs and they believe that these medications may help reverse the learning deficits that are associated with Down Syndrome. This article is very informative and shows a lot of promise for the 350,000 plus people with Down Syndrome in this country. There is also a video [...]

This is a wonderful article about a mother who has two daughters with Down Syndrome and how she encourages parents who have babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome before birth not to abort their children. An article about the 35th annual National Down Syndrome Congress convention held in Kansas City shows how much times have changed [...]

A sweet article about twins, one of whom has Down Syndrome, and the challanges they faced growing up. A family with five children find room in their hearts to adopt a little girl with Down Syndrome. Please read their wonderful story.

A wonderful article on how Kansas Senator Sam Brownback says not to pressure parents who are going to have a special needs child to have an abortion.

An article from Kuwait Times on what it is like to live with Down Syndrome in that country. A review and description of the book The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, which is a beautifully written novel on about man who gives up his daughter born with Down Syndrome and the effect his deception had on his [...]

This is an amazing article about two very special people with Down Syndrome who decided to spend their lives together.

Down Syndrome Down Syndrome, also called Trisomey 21, is caused by a person having an extra 21st chromosome in every cell of their body. It is usually caused by an error in cell division of the sex cells of one of the parents. When the cell divides, for some reason one cell receives both copies [...]