Down Syndrome

We could all learn from Billy, a young man from New York who isn’t letting his genetic disorder get the best of him. Billy, who lives with Down syndrome, plays ...

Animals with Down Syndrome are unique in their looks, but they are no less worthy of love than animals without the illness. Differences in appearance often deter our initial judgements, ...

Meet Melanie Segard, the newest meteorologist on the France 2 weather team. The 21-year-old French native with Down syndrome has always dreamed of presenting the weather live on television and thanks ...

Practice makes perfect. Yulissa Areschurenaga is the first licensed Zumba instructor with Down syndrome and her hard work and dedication is truly inspiring. And this is another step forward for Down ...

Target is being praised for including children with Down syndrome in their latest Christmas catalogue. One particular mother, Erin Statz, put the feelings of all those other parents into heartwarming words in ...

Being crowned homecoming queen is a dream come true for most girls. But for Chelsea Sloan, a Wayne Community Schools senior with Down syndrome, that dream became a reality. Sloan had ...

Your relationship goals are no match for this future homecoming king and queen couple Jake, who has Down Syndrome, had an important question to ask his girlfriend Emily and, with ...

A Texas waiter became an unexpected hero last week when he stood up for a special needs child as other customers made rude comments about the little girl. Michael Garcia of ...

Thanks to a change in University of Georgia policy, a 21-year-old man with Down syndrome is able to attend his dream school. Jordan Huffman had wanted to go to the ...

We are no strangers to the spectacular and often unbelievable things dogs are capable of doing. Time and time again they have truly lived up to the persona of “man’s best ...

There are perhaps few harder moments in the life of a parent than sending their child to school for the first time. The sadness at knowing their baby is growing ...

Brennan Wheatley’s dreams came true when he was sworn in to become a police officer for the day in Campbellsville, Kentucky. For Wheatley, who has Down syndrome, becoming a police ...