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“Kids really take a lot of comfort from these dolls. It’s wonderful if they can find one that they relate to on an emotional level.”   Gina Lozito, a certified child-life specialist at Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., uses dolls on a daily basis with her Read More

Trisomy 21, better known as Down syndrome, is the most common chromosomal abnormality in humans. People with Down syndrome vary widely in how they are affected, but health problems and lagging development are common. Children with Down syndrome are special needs children who require special Read More

No easy answer I read with sympathy the article by Amy Julia Becker ("Down syndrome is a part of who my daughter is," July 20). However, as the mother of a man almost 41 years of age with Down syndrome, there are many reasons to terminate pregnancies that have nothing to do with Read More

PUNTERS are hoping for a cracking time by laying bets on when chicken EGGS will hatch. A live video feed shows 10 in an incubator. And Ken Robertson of bookies Paddy Power said: “It’s a bit of fun and bets are not at the mercy of bad weather or human error. Read More

This book by Sue Buckley and Gillian Bird reviews the development of educational provision for children with Down syndrome. It details research comparing the outcomes from inclusive and special schools,… Share and Enjoy: Read More

This book, available free online, summarises what we know about the development of reading and writing skills for children with Down syndrome, drawing on a review of published research. In… Share and Enjoy: Read More

MY little Republican heart went pit-a-pat the other day when I saw the headline in the Times: MCCAIN SETS GOAL OF 45 NEW NUCLEAR REACTORS BY 2030. I’m all for nukes in any form. I’ve long felt that nuclear energy is the way to go, and now that I read that France and Belgium get Read More

Positive thinking can help ease pain, improve fitness and prevent illness. Anastasia Stephens explains how to harness the power of your mind ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE A new Australian study suggests that the faster speed that athletes achieve when taking performance-enhancing drugs is all in Read More

CEO Joins Fetal Alcohol Support Team Board of Directors and Commits all Corporate Charity Work to Benefit FASTeam CHICAGO, July 7 /PRNewswire/ — Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder affects 40,000 infants a year, more than Spina Bifida, Down Syndrome and Muscular Dystrophy combined, yet it Read More

The low, booming sounds produced by greater prairie chicken cocks accounts for the common reference to their leks as “booming grounds.” … On a quiet spring morning, these sounds can carry as much as two miles across the open prairie, serving as an audible beacon to prairie Read More