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

I am writing in my blog as I am sitting here just getting my daughter off the bus. She is my special daughter as she has Down's syndrome. I sometimes think what it would be like if she did not have down's but then I think about who she is and I would not change a thing. She is a loving little girl, loves to smile and pick on you and she will be turning 9 on the 21st of this month. If you know anyone with Down's or have a child with it please feel free to write to me. I know sometimes new...Read Full Story

Last Friday I got the scare of my life. I had sent both girls to school as usual but I had woken up with a tremendous headache and I was a little stuffy so I took some Benadryl allergy medicine but it didn't help. I decided to check my blood pressure as I have high blood pressure. Anyway it was high and so I took some blood pressure medicine and went to lay down. I had fallen asleep and I vaguely heard the phone ring but I didn't get to it in time so I got it and had it in my hand in case it...Read Full Story

This first picture is at Shannon's birthday party. She turned 10 on the 21st and she really liked the pinwheel. The second picture is at the creek on Memorial Day. As you can see she was having a great time riding on the boat. LadyhawkcjRead Full Story

I have a daughter that has Down Syndrome as some people are aware of. This morning I got ready for school and put her on the bus as usual and everything was all right. I decided that since the girls was at school and my hubby at work I would lay down and get me a little nap . I didn't get to bed till after midnight and then turn around and get my hubby up at 4 am. I was still sleepy. Just as soon as I got laid down my phone rang and it was the school calling to tell me that my daughter was...Read Full Story

I have been thinking about this lately and so I have decided to write a post about it. Most people believe that when a child has Down Syndrome that they are all alike. They are not because they are individuals that have their own character and problems. There are different degrees of Down's. In Shannon's case she has a mild type. Although they do have facial characteristics that are alike like the shape of the eyes their faces are individual. Some Down's children have heart conditions and...Read Full Story