Down Syndrome

The Sprout Film Festival has a brilliant collection of films about people with disabilities. We are pleased to present a brief list of several of these films. Excerpts taken from Sprout Touring Film Festival   17 min. / Narrative / 2005 / UK A man with Down syndrome discovers there is more to life than films when he discovers the outside world. A short tale about imprisonment and love, freedom and films, dying cinemas and Down syndrome. Walking home from work and walking through life with...Read Full Story

The Sprout Film Festival (SFF) was created as a way to promote positive awareness of people with disabilities in every community. They offer a great selection of films about people with disabilities. The idea is that they will come to your community and provide the films for an all day festival, an evening, or for a week long activity. They will tailor a festival just for you. The Sprout Film Festival is based in New York but will travel to other parts of the country. If you are interested in...Read Full Story

Happy St Patrick's Day Yesterday we got to be in a parade and throw the beads instead of being the to catch them. Our daughter in laws family always does it every year and I was already going to let my daughter Melanie be in it. Yesterday morning at 7 am my husband decides we all was going to go. We got ready to go and met with everyone over at daughter in law Beth's parents house to finish decorating the float. The parade started at 2 pm and we finished decoraring and left to go get in line...Read Full Story

Navy blue and Yellow are the colors for Down Syndrome Awareness . Approximately 350,000 people, in the United States alone, are affected by Down’s syndrome. Help raise awareness for Down Syndrome with this nice navy and yellow ribbon lapel pins . These pins are high quality and a great way to show your support for those affected by Down Syndrome. Click here to see more Awareness pinsRead Full Story

The University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian are conducting a study examining sleep apnoea in adults with Down’s Syndrome. One in a thousand children are born with the condition, which is also known as trisomy 21, and is caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21. As well as cognitive impairment this results in the characteristic facial features and other anatomical differences in individuals with the condition. Those anatomical features combined with a lower muscle tone and a higher risk of...Read Full Story