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I want other families to know that there can still be so much joy, love, and beauty. My daughter is not defined by Down ...

"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 — ...

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Approximately one in every 775 babies in the United States is born with Down syndrome, according to the National Down Syndrome Society. I learned this statistic firsthand when my daughter Molly was ...

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 ...

"My daughter changed our lives for the better, and it's really hard sometimes, both can be true," Anna Kohl said.

Adults with both Down syndrome and congenital heart defects, also known as congenital heart disease (CHD), are showing remarkable resilience despite facing significant medical challenges, according to ...