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Caring for individuals with Down syndrome

One of the main concerns of expectant couples when they learn their child has Down syndrome is "who will help care for our son or daughter?" In the United States, it is humbling to find out how many will help care. Continue Reading

Where Hope Grows: a role for Down syndrome

Where Hope Grows, a film that opened on May 15, 2015, shows there is a role for Down syndrome in this world. Continue Reading

Where Hope Grows: National Premiere this Friday

It's getting hot outside and the summer blockbusters are rolling out. Make plans to go see Where Hope Grows when it premieres this Friday, May 15, 2015 at a theater near you. Continue Reading

A sick, unethical cycle: prenatal testing for Down syndrome

So many items have cropped up in the past two weeks that here is a listing of all this news about Down syndrome prenatal testing. They lead to a sad conclusion. Continue Reading

WDSD: a better tomorrow for people with Down syndrome

Today, my local newspaper, the Louisville Courier-Journal, carried an op-ed of mine in honor of World Down Syndrome Day. Here are links to the many organizations, programs, and individuals I mentioned that are making a better tomorrow for people with Down syndrome.  Continue Reading

1-in-5 pregnant women have NIPT

And Sequenom posted its first net profit last quarter.  Continue Reading

Pop quiz: what’s wrong with these headlines?

News from just the past week has featured a number of questionable headlines. See if you can spot what's wrong about them.  Continue Reading

Down syndrome: dad keeps son, a mom terminates, and a state tries to ban selective abortions

Three stories that kicked off 2015 involving Down syndrome have drawn commentary from fellow parent/bloggers worth considering: Continue Reading

Same birthday, competing legacies

Ten score and several years ago today, Abraham Lincoln was born. On that same February 12, 1809 Charles Darwin also was born. The ideas championed by these men and their competing legacies twist through history like the spiraling parallel sides of DNA. Continue Reading