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The Latest Breaking News from Down Syndrome

Suggestive Videos Using A Down Syndrome Filter Are Taking Over TikTok & Instagram

A wave of AI-manipulated videos that appear to portray people with Down syndrome has been spreading online.

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“Gross” Social Media Trend Capitalizing On Down Syndrome For Adult Content Faces Backlash

"People are losing all sense of humanity."

Bored Panda

People with Down syndrome face a higher risk of cardiovascular disease

Down syndrome is most common chromosome-related condition in the US

The Independent UK

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Actors With Down Syndrome Tear Down Barriers In London Show

It's one of Shakespeare's most existential questions "to be or not to be?"

International Business Times

Texas Teachers Taped Down Syndrome Student's Hands Together in Hours-Long Abuse: Police

Three former Texas school employees have been charged after allegedly abusing a student with Down syndrome for hours.

Latin Times

Back into the Dark Age for Down Syndrome

Dismantling Education Department threatens to push people with Down Syndrome back into the Dark Age

Salon

Charlotte’s friends with Down syndrome are paid $3 an hour. It’s legal in Australia - and she’s taking a stand

Down Syndrome Australia launches campaign to encourage politicians to abolish subminimum wage

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Fake Down Syndrome Influencers Created With AI Are Being Used to Promote OnlyFans Content

AI-generated influencers with Down syndrome are being used to promote adult content on platforms like Fanvue and OnlyFans.

Latin Times

Tory MP attempts to gag criticism of assisted dying committee after Down Syndrome vote

Tory MP Kit Malthouse made a dramatic point of order after a majority voted down an amendment to protect people with Down Syndrome by 13 to 8

The Independent UK

Can animals have mental disabilities?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

The Conversation

Man with Down syndrome died after carer ‘landed on him’ while jumping into pool

The carer says he tried not to land on his client, but ‘somehow he had gone underneath me’

The Independent UK

Footage released in probe of 'malnourished' man's death

Authorities investigating the death of a "seriously malnourished" man with Down syndrome have released footage showing his living conditions.

AAP

A Texas man claims he shot his son after mistaking him for an intruder, later burns the body

Authorities say a father is being accused of fatally shooting his adult son with Down syndrome at a home in East Texas after claiming he had mistaken him for an intruder and then later burning his body

The Independent UK

Australians with disability are 4 times more likely to die early – often not due to their disability

When Finlay Browne died at just 16 years old, “Down syndrome” was listed on his death certificate as a cause of death.

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The Independent UK

Jessica Biel makes rare public appearance with her and Justin Timberlake’s two sons

The actor shares her nine-year-old Silas and her four-year-old Phineas with Justin Timberlake

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Parents Ecstatic As Kickball Game They Arranged For Son With Down Syndrome Attracts Every Kid Around

Dad who wants his son with Down syndrome to feel included and have fun organizes kickball games that soon turn into the neighborhood's biggest attraction. The post Parents Ecstatic As Kickball Game They Arranged For Son With Down Syndrome Attracts Every Kid Around first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Food Chain Breaks Barriers By Employing Over 1k People With Down Syndrome

Brownies & Downies, a restaurant that boasts a workforce of primarily Down syndrome people, continues so break barriers by growing to 59 stores. The post Food Chain Breaks Barriers By Employing Over 1k People With Down Syndrome first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Independent UK

San Francisco 49ers’ Charvarius Ward announces death of one-year-old daughter in heartbreaking post

Ward welcomed his daughter, Amani Joy, on November 17, 2022

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Sam's shots shortlisted for global prize

He's off to London soon for the awards ceremony.

The Independent UK

First blind Barbie released by toy maker Mattel

Mattel’s Barbie Fashionistas line gives children a range of more diverse dolls to play with

The Guardian - UK

‘A positive step forward’: Mattel launches first blind Barbie

Toymaker created the doll, which carries a cane, to create a ‘sense of belonging’ for children with vision impairment

Bored Panda

Mom Outraged After Salesman Picked Up Her Daughter With Down Syndrome And Sold Her A Car

“This man took it upon himself to come to our home and take Hope, without my knowledge or consent..." The post Mom Outraged After Salesman Picked Up Her Daughter With Down Syndrome And Sold Her A Car first appeared on Bored Panda.

Latin Times

Meet Ana Victoria Espino, the Latina making history as the first lawyer with Down Syndrome

The 25-year-old from Zacatecas, Mexico, became the first Latina with Down Syndrome to graduate from Law school

The Independent UK

Mother outraged after car salesman drives daughter with Down Syndrome to dealership

The dealership’s president said they were afraid to refuse service to Hope Martin and be in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act

LiveScience

Neanderthals cared for 6-year-old with Down syndrome, fossil find reveals

The unique shape of an ear bone belonging to a Neanderthal child found in a cave in Spain suggests that she had Down syndrome.

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