Leave it to a child to articulate a need just perfectly.
Nine-year-old Hannah Feda was flipping through a girls' magazine when she spotted a doll that looked just like her little sister, but couldn’t Read more [...]
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A father who challenged state high school rules to allow his 19-year-old son with Down syndrome play football will speak Saturday, May 4, at a fundraiser for the Down Syndrome Association Read more [...]
Brent Lape of Flowood and his brother, Todd, have become avid runners in recent years. When Brent’s daughter, Lillian or “Lily” Margaret, was born seven months ago with Down syndrome, he and Todd Read more [...]
Tim Norton was devastated when his daughter was diagnosed with Down syndrome shortly after her birth in 2006.
He envisioned her growing up tragically disabled. The years ahead seemed filled with darkness.
A Read more [...]
Late last week Nashville resident Adam Holland arrived home with exciting news for his parents. His picture was in the local newspaper. The photo, taken nearly 10 years before during an art class for disabled Read more [...]
MENOMONIE, WI (WQOW/CNN) - One Menomonie High School junior had a prom he will never forget.
Charlie Gainey, 18, is a junior and a nominee on his prom court. He is also a student with Down syndrome.
"Students Read more [...]
Five years ago, Martha Aguilar was beside herself with joy when she gave birth to her third child, a baby girl.
At first, everything seemed fine. Even the doctor commented on newborn Angela’s striking Read more [...]
BOSTON — Melanie Perkins McLaughlin was sitting in a stranger's living room, 20 weeks pregnant and filled with fear. Only days earlier, she had learned that her much-wanted baby — conceived after two Read more [...]