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Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome We’ve been really busty with various work, home, and illness-related issues recently. Here’s some recent news stories I haven’t had time to blog about:Athlet ... Read on »

Raoef Mamedov’s Last Supper by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Click the picture for the full size version.A few months ago I stumbled across a blog post about depiction of The Last Supper by Russian artist Raoef Mamedov. I was recently r ... Read on »

In defence of Simple Jack by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Amid the furore against Tropic Thunder and the film-within-a-film Simple Jack last year I maintained that “the protesters against Tropic Thunder appear to be either misu ... Read on »

NHS figures on Down’s-related terminations are “wholly inaccurate” by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome The Daily Mail reports that the official number of terminations resulting from an ante-natal diagnosis of Down’s syndrome according to NHS statistics is roughly half the ... Read on »

Research contradicts Down’s syndrome stereotypes by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Anyone who’s had anything to do with Down’s syndrome will have heard the stereotypes about people with DS: they’re very loving; they’re very happy; the ... Read on »

JFK and the National Plan to Combat Mental Retardation by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome I am in Boston this week with work and with a bit of spare time on my hands today went to visit the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.It is a fascinating and thou ... Read on »

Human beings are not capable of deciding whether to continue with the pregnancy of their unborn... by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome The UK’s coverage of Down’s syndrome screening and statistics continues following the publication of a report in the BMJ.Tom Shakespeare, research fellow at the In ... Read on »

UK press wakes up to Down’s syndrome statistics by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Back in April I reported on the latest statistics on Down’s syndrome births in England and Wales from the UK’s National Down Syndrome Cytogenetic Register, noting ... Read on »

Motivational by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Robert Pio Hajjar is a motivational speaker and founder of IDEAL-WAY.ca, an Ontario-based organisation focused on educating people about intellectual disability; providing foo ... Read on »

The burden of Down’s syndrome by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Anyone who reads a lot of Down’s syndrome-related news and blogs has probably already read the recent posts by “Skeptical OB” Dr. Amy Tuteur in which she ask ... Read on »

A rubbish acceptance speech by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Thanks to Rickismom for nominating this blog for a Creative Blogger award. In fact, double thanks to Rickismom as I just discovered she also nominated this blog for an Honest ... Read on »

“I don’t really see her as any different” by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Check out this video of Kelly Fitzgerald, one of only two people in New Zealand with Down’s syndrome that have their full driver’s license. It is really inspiratio ... Read on »

Intellectual disability and human rights by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, has published an interesting viewpoint on attitudes to people with intellectual disabilities ca ... Read on »

Death panels for Down’s syndrome and the disappearing population by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers gained a lot of respect from me for her involvement in the Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus and its role in promoting the US Prenatally ... Read on »

A year ago today by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome …almost to the minute, a certain little boy was born. What a wonderful year its been. Read on »

The baseball star and the bumblebee by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Albert Pujols, the St Louis Cardinals baseball player, has a daughter with Down’s syndrome, and so regularly crops up in my searches for new on Down’s syndrome. I& ... Read on »

13,076 by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome There are a lot of statistics thrown around related to prenatal screening and Down’s syndrome, such as the percentage chance that the baby has Down’s syndrome, the ... Read on »

Developmental milestone by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome G just shoved his first thing (his hand) into the video recorder.You won’t find it in Gina Ford, but in my experience shoving things in the DVR is a critical modern deve ... Read on »

UK politicians form All Party Parliamentary Group on Down’s Syndrome by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Some time ago I lamented the fact that the UK didn’t have an equivalent of the US Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus.The Down’s Syndrome Association reports that h ... Read on »

Down’s syndrome is awesome by WelcometoIllinois Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Down Syndrome Adjective: awesome 1. Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.As I was sat watching G feeding himself his lunch the other day I was suddenly struck by a realisat ... Read on »

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