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Educating Peter is a 1992 American short documentary film directed by Gerardine Wurzburg about Peter Gwazdauskas, a special needs student with Down syndrome, and his inclusion in a standard third grade classroom in Blacksburg, Virginia. It won an Oscar at the 65th Academy Awards in 1993 for Documentary Short Subject. [1] [2]
Lily breaks the mold of some people's concept of individuals with Down syndrome. She holds a job and is an important member of her community. She is able to live on her own and do everything a regular member of society can do. By inviting viewers into the details of her daily life, she proves that she is no different from anyone else.
A touching moment between two high school students with Down Syndrome has gone viral after one of them successfully got the other to say yes to his "promposal."
The Specials is a reality television series that follows the lives of five friends with intellectual disabilities living together in the same house in Brighton. [1] The five young-adult housemates, Sam, Hilly, Lewis, Megan, and Lucy, aged between 19 and 23, include individuals with Williams syndrome and Down syndrome.
March 21 (3/21) is World Down Syndrome Day, chosen because people with Down Syndrome have three copies of the 21st chromosome instead of the usual two. "Gabe lives his life to the fullest," Nick ...
The average IQ of a young adult with Down syndrome is 50, equivalent to the mental age of an 8- or 9-year-old child, but this number varies widely. [3] At the same time, they enjoy a rich social and emotional awareness. [4] Down syndrome is the most common chromosome abnormality in humans, [3] occurring in about one per 1000 babies born each ...
“This video is opening up these conversations in such a healthy way for public to see not only the beauty but the ability of people with Down syndrome,” Pickard says. “This is what we do as ...
Published in 1994, the book chronicles the friendship of Jason Kingsley and Mitchell Levitz. The book was edited in part by Jason Kingsley's mother, Emily Kingsley.The stories were based on 50 transcripts of conversations where the two express their ideas on various issues including friendship, marriage, sexual relationships, politics, jobs, finance and independence from their families.