La Crosse community members were walking for a good cause during the 19th Annual Down Syndrome Awareness Walk. The Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin-La Crosse hosted the event at Myrick Park.
A Florida man with Down syndrome died in a hot van while his caretaker took a nap, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office says.
When a group of special-needs adults in Louisville, Kentucky, made a video of themselves lip-syncing to a Backstreet Boys song, they expected friends and family would love it. But the response they got was larger than life.
As a self-proclaimed "princess," Shantell "Shannie" Pooser is comfortable in the spotlight.
A bill that would prohibit abortions after tests indicate that a fetus may have Down syndrome overwhelmingly cleared the Arkansas state Senate and is now under consideration in the state House.
A 20-year-old man with Down syndrome was carrying a toy gun when he was shot dead by Swedish police in Stockholm on Thursday, according to CNN affiliate Expressen.
A 10-year-old Mexican girl with Down syndrome is among the thousands of children who have recently been separated from their parents at the southern US border, Mexico's foreign minister said.
San Francisco 49ers defensive back Don Jones made sure a special-needs student from his home county in Alabama had a prom she will always remember.
Like any music class, Amy Shaack's gives kids an opportunity to have their voice heard. But for Shaack's students, the concept takes on a whole new meaning.
