by Lynn Murray | Jan 18, 2016 | Media
Society doesn’t do enough to show women carrying a baby with Down’s that the life inside them is precious, intelligent and capable of so much. A painting hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York called The Adoration of the Christ Child. Created in...
by Lynn Murray | Nov 5, 2015 | Media
The NHS is considering introducing a new test for pregnant women that will make it much easier to detect and search out any babies with Down Syndrome (DS) or other chromosomal differences. A superficial reading of new screening recommendations suggests that...
by Lynn Murray | Oct 17, 2015 | Media
Most women whose babies are diagnosed with Down’s syndrome end the pregnancy. But with a more accurate test on the horizon, a group of parents want to change perceptions. It was a cold February Sunday on a busy maternity ward when Caroline White found out her baby had...
by Lynn Murray | Jun 16, 2015 | Media
Upon delivering my first child 11 years ago, I heard the words “Down syndrome,” and my world collapsed. Visions of children sitting passively in a corner watching life go by, not participating, kept me awake those first nights as a mom. It didn’t take me long, though,...
by Lynn Murray | Jan 28, 2014 | Media
On Wednesday night the New England Journal of Medicine published a study showing that a new, DNA-sequencing based blood test provides a dramatic improvement in accuracy at screening for Down syndrome and a second, deadly disorder. That could open up a $6 billion...
by Lynn Murray | Mar 10, 2008 | Media
Rebecca Atkinson has not had her unborn baby tested for Down’s syndrome. She knows some people will say that was irresponsible. But how, as a disabled person herself, could she let her child’s physical condition decide whether or not it was born?...
