Down Syndrome

We're All Different - Get Over It

Dr Simon Duffy | Posted 22.05.2013 | UK
Dr Simon Duffy

Yesterday was World Down Syndrome Day, a celebration of the lives of people who have Down syndrome. Down syndrome is a genetic condition called a trisomy, where someone is born with an extra copy of chromosome 21 (three instead of the normal two). You may not think that there is a point to celebrating the lives of people with a genetic condition - but you'd be wrong.

Jimmy Carr Blasted Over Down's Syndrome Joke

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.11.2011 | UK Comedy

"Jimmy Carr blasted over..." is not an especially new headline, we know. Whether it's car crash jokes or 9/11 gags, the comic doesn't often shy away f...

How to be Cool ... and Other Myths.

Martin Treanor | Posted 18.11.2011 | UK Lifestyle
Martin Treanor

It can arguably be said that before the 1950s men were suave and debonair, and women delightful - a tentative balance, whereby everyone knew their pla...