October is National Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Here's something new parents likely can't be aware of when they first get the diagnosis that their child has Down syndrome. Continue Reading
October 25, 2013
Should we conserve disability?
Today, I am on the road to New Orleans for a wedding this weekend. But on the flight back from the ASHG conference in Boston, I read an article that made me think differently about disability. It made "The Case for Conserving Disability." Continue Reading
October 6, 2013
Hollywood comes to a Down syndrome Walk
October is National Down Syndrome Month and each year group's around the country hold their charitable walks to raise awareness. Here's how Hollywood came to Down Syndrome of Louisville's Walk. Continue Reading
July 29, 2013
Accuracy of Down syndrome blood test remains unknown
It is coming up on two years since Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening (NIPS) was introduced. The New England Journal of Medicine recently featured an article raising concern over how the new blood test for Down syndrome is being used. It cautions against the new test being used in the general population. Continue Reading
July 24, 2013
Down syndrome is not incompatible with life
I've talked about how receiving a diagnosis of Down syndrome can be a gut-punch. One that hits you. But, there are other perspectives on a Down syndrome diagnosis. Continue Reading
May 29, 2013
What to do with a poorly wrapped gift?
A featured letter to the editor posed a question that offers a different perspective on a prenatal test result for Down syndrome. Continue Reading
April 16, 2013
Seeing a dream come true
In the video you will see news coverage of Lydia Orso and Tom Swenson's wedding. I expect that when Lydia was born, no one believed one day she would be exchanging vows at her wedding ceremony--I know I would not have. Continue Reading
March 3, 2013
Down syndrome and the 2013 Oscars
While Daniel Day-Lewis did not deliver the message I hoped for, I learned of another connection one of the winners had with Down syndrome, and I had no idea it was so close. Continue Reading
February 20, 2013
What is a legacy?
In this post-modern, existential age, it can cause some to wonder what's the point of anything. How can we say anything we do truly matters? Well, on Monday, we said goodbye to a lady whose actions many families would say mattered to them. Continue Reading
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