Why So Many Babies Are Still Being Born With Down Syndrome

Why So Many Babies Are Still Being Born With Down Syndrome

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Posted in THE ATLANTIC on APRIL 2, 2012 by Adam Wolfberg


Perhaps the most important factor is a sea change in society's approach to individuals with Down syndrome. Explains lead author of the recent paper, Jaime L. Natoli, a senior consultant in the department of clinical analysis at the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, in response to emailed questions: "Families have significantly more educational, social, and financial support than they had in the past. For example, from a social standpoint, women of childbearing age are from perhaps the first generation who grew up in an era where individuals with Down syndrome were in their schools or daycare centers -- perhaps not the mainstream integration that we see today, but still a level of exposure that was very different than in generations prior. They grew up watching kids with Down syndrome on Sesame Street."