Seattle mom Rebecca Partridge is exploring a resource she wishes she had years ago while raising her son, Josh. A new online hub provides families with a central location to educate themselves and ...

Adults with both Down Syndrome and congenital heart defects, also known as congenital heart disease (CHD), are showing remarkable resilience despite facing significant medical challenges, according to ...

MONTROSE, Mo. — It took Samantha Lesmeister’s family four months to find a medical professional who could see that she was struggling with something more than her Down syndrome. The young woman, known ...

Life expectancy has increased substantially for people in the United States with Down syndrome, from a median age of 4 years old in the 1950s to 57 years old in 2019. This longer life span increases ...

Amid a critical shortage of providers, AdventHealth for Children in Orlando has launched a clinic that will treat Down syndrome patients from diagnosis throughout adulthood, a first in the Southeast.

Several years ago, a local artist asked if she could paint my younger daughter, then a tween, as part of a series of life-size portraits of people she knew. Monica Aissa Martinez really gets under her ...