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‘HAPPY’ for World Down Syndrome Day (Video)

https://youtu.be/aCJQAm_uKyg Happiness Down’s Syndrome by Neshikha co-founder, Chaya Ben-Baruch The extra chromosome inherent in individuals with Downs can cause all kinds of complications and obvious differences, but there's a silver lining: individuals who are more happy and...

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Why Abandon a newborn with Down’s Syndrome?

Why Abandon a newborn with Down's Syndrome There was a time, not too long ago when parents of children who experienced Downs or other disabilities were encouraged to place their children in institutions so as...

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Haaretz: ‘This Couple Wants Israelis to Stop Abandoning Down Syndrome Babies at the Hospital’

This Couple Wants Israelis to Stop Abandoning Down Syndrome Babies at the Hospital Infants with special needs are sometimes left behind – including by ultra-Orthodox Jews hoping to hush up genetic disorders in a community...

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Down Syndrome Awareness Day and Neshikha

My presumptive life trajectory sharply changed three decades ago when I had my fifth child. I was in my early thirties, and, on paper, at least, my pregnancy was presumably normal: Normal hematocrit (blood...

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A Beautiful Blond: Down Syndrome and Victoria’s Secret

A Beautiful Blond: Downs and Victoria's Secret By Chaya Ben-Baruch I am used to seeing beautiful models, they come in an assortment of eyes shapes, hair color, and skin tones. Korean actress Jung Ho-Yeon in the...

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Down Syndrome Awareness Day and Neshikha

A t-shirt describing Down Syndrome as, "an innate ability to see the good and beauty in the world,” is an inviting introduction to Down Syndrome Awareness Day on March 21st. The day is held...

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Down Syndrome Awareness Month: A Mother’s Perspective Pt: I

When You’re Drenched in TearsBy Chaya Ben-BaruchWhen our pediatric cardiologist met with us for the first time in February 1992, at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, OR, the lollipop in his...

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Down Syndrome Awareness Month: A Mother’s Perspective Pt: III

Down Syndrome Awareness Month: A Mother’s Perspective Pt: III Down children are not a 'Problem'  By Chaya Ben-Baruch  How is the world going to accept my child in the face of an increasingly common perception that terminating...

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Down Syndrome Awareness Month: A Mother’s Perspective Pt: I

When You’re Drenched in Tears By Chaya Ben-Baruch When our pediatric cardiologist met with us for the first time in February 1992, at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, OR, the lollipop in his mouth seemed...

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