Ballet gives children with Down syndrome another way to express themselves
by Gillian Mohney - About 30 students get ready for dance class every Sunday at the Westside School of Ballet in Santa Monica, California. But, technically, the studio isn’t open for its usual classes....
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by David M. Perry - Thirty years ago, Ronald Reagan declared October Down Syndrome Awareness Month. Ever since, too many efforts at awareness have relied on pictures of people with Down syndrome being...
View ArticleDispelling myths about Down syndrome
by Michelle Sie Whitten - When my daughter was born with Down syndrome 11 years ago, I was told by my doctor that she probably wouldn’t live until 3 years old. Beyond that, I was terrified that she...
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