2016 may go down as the year that people like our daughter Rosie become extinct. She is happy, healthy, and full of joy. Her emotional intelligence will likely be higher than most. Her IQ will likely be lower. For all this, she has every chance...
Sally Phillips’ son Olly is just like any kid. He likes ice cream and Barcelona football club. He’s energetic, loves to laugh and can often be found mucking about with his mates. He was also born with Down’s syndrome. In a new documentary, Phillips, who is...
"If we deny someone the chance to be born because we've decided they won't meet a predetermined measure of status or achievement, then we fail to grasp what it is to be human" “I’m going to do a blood test to see whether your son has...
Sally Phillips and her husband, Andrew, didn’t find out that their first child, Olly, 12, had Down’s syndrome until he was 10 days old. Nobody noticed on the day he was born. “I had a caesarean because he was breech,” says Phillips. “I reacted badly...
Here's a new story involving disabled people, taxpayers' money, apparent scientific deception, a biotechnology company looking for profits, and the NHS. The NHS is close to introducing a new test for pregnant women that will make it much easier to detect and search out any babies...
Don't Screen Us Out spokesperson Lynn Murray points out the difference between the actual lived reality of a life for a person with Down's syndrome and their family versus outdated, condescending and downright discriminatory view that is presented by some others - as is so...
Channel 5 Wright Stuff host Mathew Wright delves into the ethics around rolling-out new pre-natal screening on the NHS. [vc_video link='https://youtu.be/Bpln4mQ0XAg']...
Dozens of families who have children with Down’s syndrome have protested against the test, the Daily Mail has reported. Branding the test a form of eugenics, they said Down’s syndrome was not a disease that needed to be eradicated. Click here to read the full article....
Should a new test for Down's syndrome that is projected to lead to a profound increase in the number of children with Down's syndrome screened out by termination be introduced onto the NHS without people with Down's syndrome and their families being consulted and the...
Scores of parents of Down's children have demanded halt to programme They argued Down's was not a disease that needed to be eradicated Supporters of test say it will give women choice and avoid miscarriages Families fear a new test for Down’s syndrome will spark...