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That transforming 21st chromosome

At this week's AUCD conference, I got to see how the 21st chromosome has transformed since 1970. Continue Reading

Don’t predict what a person with Down syndrome can’t do

This Saturday, after our local Down syndrome awareness walk, the film "Produce" had it's Louisville premiere. It showed how you can't predict what a person with Down syndrome will be able to do. Continue Reading

Louisville Premiere: “Produce” the Movie!

This Saturday night is the Louisville premiere of the movie Produce. What a great way to kick off National Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Continue Reading

An invitation to Richard Dawkins: come meet my daughter

Richard Dawkins, in his words, "let slip the dogs of Twitterwar" yesterday with a tweet about Down syndrome, abortion, and morality. That tweet and his response since, demonstrates he is profoundly ignorant about Down syndrome. So, Prof. Dawkins, you're invited to meet someone with Down syndrome to cure that ignorance. Continue Reading

Is Down syndrome a disappearing birth defect?

Based on their study of Down syndrome births and terminations in Victoria, Australia over a 19 year period, the study authors' asked whether Down syndrome is disappearing. The answer is "no … not yet." Continue Reading

Down Syndrome Prenatal Screening: Bad Medicine & Unethical

A Scottish doctor considers Down syndrome prenatal screening bad medicine and a survey of British hospital ethics committees finds it unethical. Continue Reading

Which is the harder choice after a prenatal diagnosis: continuing or terminating?

A recent news story presents the question all expectant mothers receiving a prenatal test result for Down syndrome will have to answer for themselves: which is the harder choice, continuing the pregnancy or terminating it? Continue Reading

How a pamphlet did not provide information to expectant mothers

The development and re-development of Global Down Syndrome Foundation's (GDSF) pamphlet for expectant mothers (which covers prenatal testing options and the basics about Down syndrome) has deprived women of professionally recommended information about Down syndrome for years. Continue Reading

NDSC, GDSF, prenatal testing, and abortion

The previous post dealt with three of the four reasons given for creating the NDSC/GDSF pamphlet. But it was the fourth reason that got all the attention when the pamphlet launched in November 2012: abortion. Continue Reading