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I Was Caring For A Patient With Down Syndrome. A Fellow Doctor’s 8-Word Remark Left Me Stunned.
We stood silently facing each other in the hospital corridor, until I heard the little boy’s Tonka truck clank to the floor.” ...
Mail & Guardian5d
Down syndrome: ‘It’s just an extra chromosome; we are not different’
These are the words of Gqeberha paediatrician Nomlindo Makubalo at a public lecture hosted by Nelson Mandela University to mark World Down Syndrome Day. Numerous families and their children ...
The New Zealand Herald4d
Six-year-old with Down syndrome faces deportation - parents claim discrimination
The 6-year-old child of a South African couple living in Waikato is being threatened with deportation because he has Down syndrome – a move his parents say is “heartbreaking” and ...
Independent.ie on MSN3d
Parents of child with Down syndrome take on Wicklow mountain challenge to give back
The parents of a boy who has Down syndrome are over the moon, after their fundraising hike to the top of Wicklow’s Lugnaquilla raised a whopping €6,730 for the Kildare/West Wicklow Down Syndrome ...
Irish Examiner on MSN5d
Lack of awareness about Down Syndrome related arthritis
Irish research has found that the illness affects one in 50 children and early diagnosis and treatment is crucial ...