Downs Syndrome

Taking a Healthy Look "Beyond the Genes"

Tony Lobl | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Tony Lobl

Over several decades I've found that identifying ourselves in terms of such spiritual qualities can be liberating. It can loosen the grip of the conviction life is primarily shaped by material factors and bring out a sense of health, rather than sickness, being the divine default.

Cinema Boots Down's Syndrome Child Out For 'Laughing Too Loud'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.03.2013 | UK

A mother has complained to Cineworld after her daughter, who has Down's Syndrome, was kicked out of a children's film for laughing too loudly. Ema ...

Down's Boy Seb White Lands Festive M&S Role

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.11.2012 | UK

Seb White, the four-year-old boy with Down's syndrome who starred in Marks and Spencer's Autumn catalogue, will appear in the store's famous Christmas...

It's My Right to Laugh at Offensive Humour

Sara C Nelson | Posted 31.12.2012 | UK Comedy
Sara C Nelson

I respect a person's right to hold any opinion, even if I don't respect the opinion itself. Which means Frankie Boyle's repertoire of jokes about Madeleine McCann, BabyP, Katie Price's disabled son Harvey and children with Down's Syndrome don't send me into paroxysms of rage.

A New Face Of Modelling? Down's Syndrome Boy Fronts M&S Campaign

The Huffington Post UK | Chris York | Posted 21.09.2012 | UK

A four-year-old boy with Down's Syndrome has been given a star modelling role in Marks and Spencer's Christmas catalogue after his mother contacted th...

Down's Syndrome Man Sues Over Do-Not-Resuscitate Order

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 13.09.2012 | UK

A man with Down's syndrome is suing an NHS trust over a hospital's decision to issue a do-not-resuscitate order - saying he is being discriminated aga...

Girl Arrested In Pakistan For 'Burning Quran' Is 14, Doctors Say

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK

A Christian girl detained in Pakistan accused of burning pages of the Quran is 14 years old, and has a mental age of much less, doctors have said. ...

Doctors Examine Pakistani Girl Arrested For Burning Quran

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.11.2012 | UK

Doctors have examined a young Christian girl in Pakistan accused of burning pages of the Quran, to establish her age and to determine whether she suff...

Down's Syndrome Girl, 11, 'Arrested On Blasphemy Charge For Burning Quran'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 20.08.2012 | UK

An 11-year-old girl with Down's Syndrome is being held on blasphemy charges after being accused of burning pages of the Quran as she apparently gather...

Baby With Down's Syndrome Fronts Swimwear Ad

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 24.07.2012 | UK

A 10-month-old baby with Down’s syndrome is being used to front an entire advertising campaign for prestigious Spanish swimwear designer Dolores Cor...

One In 50 Babies 'Born With Birth Defect'

PA | Posted 14.12.2011 | UK Lifestyle

More than one in 50 babies has a birth defect - almost double the previous estimate, according to the most comprehensive report of its kind. Previo...

Ricky Gervais and Adventures in Twitterland

Deborah Frances-White | Posted 25.12.2011 | UK
Deborah Frances-White

If Ricky Gervais came into a bar or a green room and said to some friends or fellow comics, "Alright mongs?", my guess is that it would cause little if any consternation, but when @rickygervais published the same phrase regularly, it started to cause trouble.