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Aitch's £250,000 I'm A Celebrity Fee Revealed After Shock Fourth-Place Elimination

Manchester rapper Aitch earned a reported £250,000 for I'm A Celebrity 2025 but was eliminated in fourth place during Saturday's semi-final. The 25-year-old raised Down syndrome awareness.

International Business Times UK

Republican whose child has Down syndrome opposes redistricting after Trump’s ableist slur

Michael Bohacek, an Indiana state senator, says US president’s ‘choices of words have consequences’

The Guardian - US

I’m A Celeb’s Aitch opens up on his sister’s Down’s syndrome

Aitch spoke in the I’m A Celeb camp about his sister’s Down’s syndrome and how seeing Ellie Goldstein on Strictly brought her joy

The Independent UK

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Republican state senator from Indiana says he will oppose redistricting after Trump’s slur against Tim Walz

Michael Bohacek has a daughter with Down Syndrome

The Independent UK

Charming photo of a ladybird on a sunflower among the winners of My Perspective 2025

Entrants from Australia, China, France and the UK take top billing in the 15th Down's Syndrome Association annual international photo awards

Digital Camera World

Star-shaped cells make a molecule that can ‘rewire’ the brains of mice with Down syndrome – understanding how could lead to new treatments

Delivering a connection-building protein to star-shaped cells in the brain could reverse changes to neural circuits seen in Down syndrome, according to new research my colleagues and I published in the journal Cell Reports.

The Conversation

A Georgia couple left 3 young kids alone for days at campsite. Toddler with down syndrome suffers brain damage

Child advocacy groups encourage people: if you see something, say something.

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Brickbat: Starved in Plain Sight

In England, a National Health Service hospital's official report confirmed that Adrian Poulton, who had Down syndrome and was admitted… The post Brickbat: Starved in Plain Sight appeared first on Reason.com.

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Meet Strictly Come Dancing’s Ellie Goldstein: The model who made British Vogue history

Goldstein was the first model with Down syndrome to appear on the cover of British Vogue in 2023

The Independent UK

50 Awesome Facts For Those Who Want To Learn Something New

How many of these interesting science facts did you already know?

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Meet the actor with Down syndrome who wants to run for president of Chile

Chilean actor Sebastián Solorza is already a household name for many Chileans

The Independent UK

Scientists Cure Down Syndrome With Gene Editing In Groundbreaking First

"This is awesome. CRISPR could do so much."

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Our daughter has Down syndrome – this Lake District destination made the perfect family holiday

A quieter corner of this popular UK region proved to be the ideal spot for a child-friendly break for Anthony Bennett and his brood

The Independent UK

Suggestive Videos Using A Down Syndrome Filter Are Taking Over TikTok & Instagram

A wave of AI-manipulated videos that appear to portray people with Down syndrome has been spreading online.

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“Gross” Social Media Trend Capitalizing On Down Syndrome For Adult Content Faces Backlash

"People are losing all sense of humanity."

The Independent UK

People with Down syndrome face a higher risk of cardiovascular disease

Down syndrome is most common chromosome-related condition in the US

International Business Times

Actors With Down Syndrome Tear Down Barriers In London Show

It's one of Shakespeare's most existential questions "to be or not to be?"

Latin Times

Texas Teachers Taped Down Syndrome Student's Hands Together in Hours-Long Abuse: Police

Three former Texas school employees have been charged after allegedly abusing a student with Down syndrome for hours.

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Back into the Dark Age for Down Syndrome

Dismantling Education Department threatens to push people with Down Syndrome back into the Dark Age

The Guardian - AU

Charlotte’s friends with Down syndrome are paid $3 an hour. It’s legal in Australia - and she’s taking a stand

Down Syndrome Australia launches campaign to encourage politicians to abolish subminimum wage

Latin Times

Fake Down Syndrome Influencers Created With AI Are Being Used to Promote OnlyFans Content

AI-generated influencers with Down syndrome are being used to promote adult content on platforms like Fanvue and OnlyFans.

The Independent UK

Tory MP attempts to gag criticism of assisted dying committee after Down Syndrome vote

Tory MP Kit Malthouse made a dramatic point of order after a majority voted down an amendment to protect people with Down Syndrome by 13 to 8

The Conversation

Can animals have mental disabilities?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

The Independent UK

Man with Down syndrome died after carer ‘landed on him’ while jumping into pool

The carer says he tried not to land on his client, but ‘somehow he had gone underneath me’

AAP

Footage released in probe of 'malnourished' man's death

Authorities investigating the death of a "seriously malnourished" man with Down syndrome have released footage showing his living conditions.

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