...played instruments before, others not at all.The youths, with disabilities that include such things as autism, down syndrome and brain injuries, divide into groups to try piano, rhythm instruments and guitar.Before class, instructor Kristianne...

...11 a.m. at the Soldotna Assembly of God, at the corner of Farnsworth and Coho. In lieu of flower, the family requests that a memorial donation be made to the National Association for Down Syndrome in memory of Susan J. Minogue.

...members of one of Ecuador's most successful musicals were barely seen or heard.They are blind, autistic, have Down syndrome or other disabilities. But on stage, the actors, singers and dancers of "Suenos," or "Dreams," easily transcend...

Now Playing Synopsis: Writer/director Travis Fine partners with screenwriter George Arthur Bloom to tell the affecting true life story of a loving gay couple from Los Angeles who in the 1970s waged a valiant fight to adopt a Down syndrome teen abandoned by his drug addicted mother. When struggling singer Rudy (Alan Cumming) went to complain about the loud music blasting from his neighbor's house, the scene he found left him deeply saddened. Marco, an adolescent with Down syndrome, had been left to fend for himself by his absentee mother. Though Family Services quickly takes Marco in, a few days later Rudy finds him wandering aimlessly on the streets. Concerned, he brings Marco home and before long Rudy and his partner Paul (Garret Dillahunt) -- a closeted district attorney -- have become the boy's surrogate parents. For a while everyone is happy, though when Rudy and Paul's sexual orientation is brought into question by the court system, the two men find themselves locked in a protracted legal battle to become the legal guardians of the remarkable boy who showed them both the true joy of what it means to be a parent. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Cast: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher, Gregg Henry Movie Details Play Trailer Movie Review

...and performing arts for World Down Syndrome Day on March 21. Behnke is the...Productions. Behnke, who has Down Syndrome and autism, is entirely self-taught...thesis on artistic savants with Down Syndrome like Behnke. Her son is one of...

...home. Fleming said the bus barn decided to donate presents to his family in part due to his son, Aaron, 8, who has Down syndrome. "My son has been the angel of everything," Fleming said. "Aaron melts all the bus drivers' hearts." "The...

...crass when Movias pointed out that the girl also has Down syndrome. "Quite honestly, I didn't really have many concerns...basically made the comment about the 13-year-old with Down syndrome -- she seemed to suggest that it was her fault that...

...of their mom's drinking during pregnancy. "It's a leading disability. There are many more cases of FAS than Down Syndrome, autism and spina bifida," she said. Yet, Tinker said the shame of it is that unlike these other birth defects...

...breathing blue as a smurf, according to Steve. They were told their child might be deaf and blind, or that he might have Down syndrome, a big surprise after what Tesa described as a perfect pregnancy. Just a few hours after his birth, Seth was on a...

...But the constant gust throughout the warm-winded "Zephyr," is her daughter -- 12-year-old Lily, who has Down syndrome. She talked about watching Lily play soccer on the disabled team and how it is to watch the little athletes' theatrics...