http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/downsyndrome/ en-us Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:42:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395428/posts Sarah Palin and I have little in common politically. I disagree with her on foreign policy, economic policy and Roe v. Wade—I am a pro-choice Democrat. But one thing Mrs. Palin and I share is that we're both parents of beautiful children who happen to have intellectual disabilities. And much as I disagree with Mrs. Palin on various political issues, I was struck when she talked about the cruel attacks on her son Trig in a TV interview last week. What separates me from many other pro-choicers I encounter is that I strongly believe we need to make abortion rare.... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395428/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:42:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2395237/posts Sarah Palin and I have little in common politically. I disagree with her on foreign policy, economic policy and Roe v. Wade—I am a pro-choice Democrat. But one thing Mrs. Palin and I share is that we're both parents of beautiful children who happen to have intellectual disabilities. And much as I disagree with Mrs. Palin on various political issues, I was struck when she talked about the cruel attacks on her son Trig in a TV interview last week. [...] I had a personal taste of this at a conference I recently attended for children with disabilities. An obstetrician... Citizen Palin 4 President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2395237/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:03:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392996/posts LifeNews.com Note: The following is an excerpt from Sarah Palin's new book, Going Rogue: An American Life. © Sarah Palin 2009. The book is published by HarperCollins and available at online booksellers and most retail outlets.A couple of years ago I began to notice some peculiar yet familiar physical symptoms, like the smell of cigarettes making me feel more nauseated than usual. For a few weeks, I brushed these aside. Then I began to suspect something. There was no way I could buy a home pregnancy test in Alaska. I was the state governor. The supermarket cashiers would know, the... Life News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392996/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:48:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392286/posts Boosting the level of a brain chemical reverses learning impairments in a mouse model of Down syndrome, researchers report. The work adds to emerging evidence that cognition-enhancing drugs may one day help humans with Down syndrome lead more independent lives. Down syndrome is the most common cause of mental retardation, affecting approximately one in 800 babies at birth. People with the disorder have an extra copy of chromosome 21, giving them additional copies of hundreds of genes. This somehow alters brain development and causes mild to severe learning disabilities. To investigate what goes wrong in the brain of someone who... ScienceNOW Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392286/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:51:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2392098/posts A couple of years ago I began to notice some peculiar yet familiar physical symptoms, like the smell of cigarettes making me feel more nauseated than usual. For a few weeks, I brushed these aside. Then I began to suspect something. There was no way I could buy a home pregnancy test in Alaska. I was the state governor. The supermarket cashiers would know, the people in the queue would know, and the next thing I’d see would be a headline. There were still a few things that I thought were not for public consumption, at least not at first. TimesOnline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2392098/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:45:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371532/posts Three Babies Aborted Every Day Due To Down's Syndrome Three babies are being aborted every day due to Down's syndrome, according to a study which shows the number of terminations has more than trebled in the last 20 years. By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor and Chris Irvine 26 Oct 2009 An increasing number of pregnant women are being told their babies have the condition because of a growing number of women putting off having children until their 30s and 40s and improvements in screening, doctors say. And around nine in ten women who are told they are going to have... Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371532/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:42:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347450/posts Down Syndrome Boy's 60-Yard Touchdown Run an Internet Hit By Thaddeus M. Baklinski ST. JOSEPH, Missouri, September 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A heart-warming story of true sportsmanship last week turned what might have been a dismal defeat into an extraordinary victory for both teams and everyone who witnessed Matt Ziesel's touchdown run. Matt, who has Down syndrome, is a freshman at Benton High School in St. Joseph, Mo. Despite his disability he suits up for every football game and cheers on his teammates from the sidelines. Last Monday night the Benton Cardinals football team was losing its game against the... Life Site News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347450/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:58:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345047/posts ST. JOSEPH, Missouri, September 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A heart-warming story of true sportsmanship last week turned what might have been a dismal defeat into an extraordinary victory for both teams and everyone who witnessed Matt Ziesel's touchdown run.Matt, who has Down syndrome, is a freshman at Benton High School in St. Joseph, Mo. Despite his disability he suits up for every football game and cheers on his teammates from the sidelines.Last Monday night the Benton Cardinals football team was losing its game against the Maryville Spoofhounds 46-0 when, with about ten seconds left in the game, Benton coach... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345047/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:42:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343828/posts The development of prenatal diagnostic technologies presents a constellation of moral issues -- with the diagnosis of Down syndrome front and center. Over the past several years, a marked decrease in the number of babies born with Down syndrome has been both observed and widely reported. This decrease can be traced directly to the decision to abort after prenatal diagnosis.As Science Daily reports, a new leading article to be published in Archives of Disease in Childhood points to developments in the near future that will likely increase the diagnosis of Down syndrome [DS] during pregnancy. "New tests expected to... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343828/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:46:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2341538/posts Lucas Wondra has achieved something only about 4 % of those who enter scouting achieve. He has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. His achievement is particularly significant because the 16-year-old Hutchinson (Kansas) High School student has the genetic disorder Down Syndrome. Lucas is one of many who are demonstrating that individuals with Down Syndrome can be productive members of society. Maybe they are not capable of performing brain surgery or becoming professional athletes, but then neither are the vast majority of the rest of us. Individuals with Down Syndrome have an extra copy of chromosome 21 , a condition... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2341538/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:24:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332562/posts Lucas Wondra has Down syndrome and communicates with a few words, sign language and a PDA with a speaker and voice software. But when it comes to the Boy Scouts, he concedes no disability. On Monday, Lucas, a 16-year-old freshman at Hutchinson High, became an Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America and the latest in a collage of medals and merit badges covering his uniform. Scout Master Bill Whitlow said Lucas is the first Scout with Down syndrome from Troop 301 to achieve his Eagle rank. "I feel like it's been a community effort," his... The Hutchinson News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332562/posts#comment Sat, 5 Sep 2009 00:39:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312987/posts Health Care: There might not be a "death panel," as Sarah Palin described it, but federal bureaucrats will be making end-of-life decisions. That's why state-run medicine is a leading cause of death in Britain and Canada.A post on the former Alaska governor's Facebook page has caused a stir by discussing openly what many privately fear and something we have written about. End-of-life counseling and efforts to measure cost-effectiveness of treatment will combine in a perfect storm to ration care in a way that lets the government decide who lives and who dies. "The America I know and love is not... IBD Editorial http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312987/posts#comment Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:00:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2309537/posts When I was four months pregnant with my first baby, I went to my OB for a routine checkup and structural ultrasound. I remember feeling so excited to have the opportunity to see a 3-D image of the little baby, whom I was already completely in love with. Once my doctor began performing the ultrasound, I knew something was wrong. She became very quiet and looked concerned, as the computer measured all of his little body parts. "There's a problem," she said slowly. "You see, the right side of his brain is measuring larger than the left." Mom Logic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2309537/posts#comment Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:20:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2304143/posts Is it right to pray that Trig Palin be healed of his Down Syndrome? Many parents of children with Down Syndrome think it's a horrible thing to do. pray4trig.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2304143/posts#comment Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:58:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294708/posts Reactions to Sarah Palin’s decision to resign the governorship of Alaska have been a reminder of her unmatched ability to elicit strong emotions from friend and foe alike. We know some of the reasons why. It’s her evangelical Christianity and her folksy manner. It’s her small-town roots and her “new feminism.” But there is something more. A year ago, Palin gave birth to her youngest son, Trig, who has Down syndrome. Since then, mother and son have become objects of the left’s unrelenting scorn and the right’s unflinching fidelity. An underexamined reason why Palin is loved and loathed so fiercely... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294708/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:03:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292000/posts PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Byrd and Melanie Billings had a growing brood of adopted children with autism, Down syndrome and other disabilities, and took care to make their nine-bedroom house a safe place for them, wiring it with surveillance cameras in every room. It was those cameras that captured images of the masked men who shot the wealthy couple to death in a break-in executed with chilling precision. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292000/posts#comment Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:01:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286005/posts File this under: It ain't braggin' if it's true.This weekend, Free Republic won a battle in the political and cultural wars over Sarah Palin by exposing an article published by the Huffington Post that mockingly attacked the Alaska governor and her infant son Trig over Trig being born with Down syndrome.The exposure by Free Republic went viral to Twitter, Newsbusters and Hot Air (includes screen grab) as well as numerous blogs. The Huffington Post pulled the article within hours and issued an apology. The author of the piece of work, Erik Sean Nelson, issued his own apology via e-mail and... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286005/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:43:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285545/posts The liberal Talking Points Memo website, which is deemed a respectable political site by the mainstream media which regularly quotes from their articles, published an article last night that speculated Alaska Governor Sarah Palin resigned because "she wants to spread Down syndrome." Palin's infant son Trig was born last year with Down syndrome.Amazingly, the article was published at 11:51 p.m., hours after the Huffington Post had issued an apology over a similarly themed article that the site pulled after it was highlighted by Free Republic.The TPM article, entitled Possible Reasons for Sarah Palin's Resignation and Other Schadenfreude, was written by... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285545/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:18:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285271/posts The Huffington Post issued an apology Friday evening for an article about the resignation of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin posted at their website entitled, Palin Will Run In '12 On More Retardation Platform, written by HuffPo writer Erik Sean Nelson.The Daily Dose published an e-mail apology from Mario Ruiz of HuffPo: Due to an editorial lapse, Erik Sean Nelson’s post on Sarah Palin bypassed the normal vetting process and appeared on HuffPost — but was never featured anywhere on the site. Even though satiric works are generally given greater latitude, Nelson’s post falls outside of HuffPost’s editorial guidelines. As such,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285271/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:38:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273403/posts Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin paid a visit to Long Island, N.Y., on Sunday and spoke about the joys of raising her 1-year-old son Trig, who was born with Down syndrome. "We are just so blessed to have this child in our lives," Palin said before a crowd of about 1,000 people. "What God has shown us with Trig in our lives is 'Yes, every single person has purpose no matter their developmental abilities.' " Also at the event – a fundraiser for Independent Group Home Living, a non-profit for children and adults with developmental disabilities – were Palin's husband, Todd;... People Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273403/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:21:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2257464/posts Well this is ironic: People with Down syndrome--against whom a concerted pogrom is being waged to wipe off the face of the earth via genetic testing and eugenic abortion or infanticide--may hold the key to an effective treatment for cancer. From the story: Scientists may have solved the mystery of why people with Down's syndrome seem to have a lower risk of some cancers. The extra copy of chromosome 21 which causes Down's appears to contain a gene that protects from solid cancerous tumours, tests on mice suggest. The gene seems to interfere with signals a tumour relies on... Secondhand Smoke http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2257464/posts#comment Sun, 24 May 2009 21:08:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256126/posts Extra dose of protein limits blood vessel formation that tumors need Surplus production of a cancer-suppressing protein may explain in part why people with Down syndrome seldom get cancer, a study in the May 21 Nature shows. People born with Down syndrome have an extra copy of chromosome 21, instead of the usual two copies — one from each parent. The third chromosome causes genetic aberrations that result in the mental retardation and telltale physical traits that define the condition. But chromosome 21 carries 231 genes, including some that may well suppress cancer. In the new study, researchers provide evidence... Science News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256126/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 07:24:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2231232/posts Sarah Palin's speech tonight at the right to life dinner in Evansville, Indiana. Awesome words about her baby and the culture of life, http://hotairpundit.blogspot.com/2009/04/video-sarah-palin-speech-at-right-to.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2231232/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:40:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231504/posts In her first out-of-state political appearance since last fall's presidential election, former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin confided to 3,000 at a right-to-life event here that she had "just for a fleeting moment" contemplated seeking an abortion after learning she was pregnant with her son Trig, who will turn 1 on Saturday. Though it was unclear from her remarks how seriously she considered terminating the pregnancy, she assured the audience that "we went through some things a year ago that's helped me understand a woman and a girl's temptation to make this go away." Another worry in what she... AOL News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231504/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:38:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231701/posts Before flying back to Alaska, Gov. Sarah Palin made one last stop in Evansville this morning. Palin went to Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano to attend a private breakfast event hosted by S.M.I.L.E on Down syndrome, a local group that provides resources and support for people with Down syndrome and their families. The 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee was accompanied by her husband, Todd Palin, and Meghan Stapleton, Alaska-based director of her political action committee, SarahPAC. Palin told the Vanderburgh County Right to Life 2009 Spring Banquet Thursday night that her baby son Trig, who was born with Down syndrome, did not... Courier Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231701/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:30:41 GMT