WIS has been following Ava and Jules’ story since last March, when they were accepted into USC Aiken’s USCA Life Program.

Scott Porter’s wife Kelsey Mayfield Porter learned in 2014 that she was positive for the Huntington’s disease gene. The actor ...

A donor heart saved Charlotte Woodward's life 13 years ago. Now Woodward, 35, is fighting for others with Down syndrome or ...

Autism is neither a disease nor a sickness. But for the increasing population of those diagnosed — one in 31 children is ...

Several erstwhile teen stars are coming to Connecticut this week. Debbie Gibson has been a pop star who wrote her own hits since she was 16 years old. Now, she has a 40-year career to draw on when ...

According to a 2013 study, almost 99 percent of people with Down syndrome report being happy with their lives; 96 percent like how they look; 97 percent like who they are. While rates of mental ...

Last year saw a 15 per cent increase in abortions for babies with Down’s syndrome in Scotland, according to new figures. Public Health Scotland has published abortion statistics that show the number ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Practice is underway at Village Dance Studio for the third annual Dancing with the Local Stars, an event benefiting the Virginia Down Syndrome Association. The gala pairs local ...

Cruz, like almost every actor in Peruvian theatre company Teatro La Plaza’s Hamlet, has Down syndrome. He is Hamlet, but so are all the other seven actors at various stages of the play.

To reduce the risk for complications, the use of dopaminergic agonists in the treatment of severe restless legs syndrome (RLS) has become less common. RLS is characterized by an irresistible urge ...

Debbie Lorene Davis, age 70, of Lawrenceburg, TN passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West in Nashville, TN. She was a native of Lawrenceburg, TN. She was preceded ...