The media’s portrayal of people with Down syndrome has grown more positive in recent years, with featured stories of people...
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We should always celebrate people with Down syndrome… including in the womb

 

The media’s portrayal of people with Down syndrome has grown more positive in recent years, with featured stories of people with Down syndrome that highlight their achievements. Many of these are published on March 21 — World Down Syndrome Day — and rightly so.

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    Celebration of international adoption of a little girl with Down syndrome goes viral

     

    Little Ami, who is from India and has Down syndrome, has a beautiful smile and a beautiful life in store because of an American family who opened their heart and family to adoption. Ami will turn three years old this February and has enjoyed fun with her new siblings, two loving and playful big brothers.

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    Cookie company CEO’s ‘whole mission’ is to open doors for others with Down syndrome

     

    Live Action News profiled a young businesswoman who has Down syndrome and who had turned a childhood love of baking into a self-run cookie business. After struggling to find employment post-college, Collette Divitto, then 26, founded Collettey’s Cookies, and the business quickly gained traction amongst Boston locals.

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    Discrimination against people with Down syndrome starts in the womb

     

    Worldwide, most babies known to have Down syndrome are aborted. US statistics vary, but one study put the overall number at 67%.

     

    Rayna Rapp, who aborted a baby with Down syndrome herself, interviewed parents who were waiting for the results of Down syndrome screenings. 

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    Mom who refused to abort baby with Down syndrome has made it her mission to help others

     

    One Colorado woman who was encouraged to abort her child with Down syndrome has now made it her mission to ensure that other parents have support when facing the same diagnosis. Marsha Weigum, was pregnant with her sixth child when doctors told her the preborn baby had a 99% chance of a Down syndrome diagnosis.

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