Bjork, age 55. "We don't often see older people with Down syndrome, and individuals with Down syndrome are often portrayed as being the same," photographer Sigga Ella said.

The performers all have Down syndrome, and they are seeking to be a part of what director Rob Snow says with tongue-in-cheek humor is the world’s first improvisational theater group for people ...

As part of the campaign, she did 32 photo shoots of people — from babies to young adults — all who had Down syndrome. She said the response was so great that she decided to do it again this ...

But Gaffney, who has Down syndrome, loses her bravado when she talks about a looming threat to everything she has achieved, a threat to her very life: Up to 90 percent of people with the genetic ...

Stereotypes about people with Down syndrome limit what they can achieve. When Tommy and Maryanne Pilling — who both have Down syndrome — fell in love three decades ago, many people criticized ...

Lucia Romano, 27, and Matthew Schwab, 26, began dating in high school. The couple went viral on TikTok after getting engaged at an advocacy event in Chicago.

The first person with Down Syndrome to complete an Ironman Triathlon begins a speech by introducing himself as someone who was overweight and out of shape five years ago with no job, no girlfriend,… ...

With our Olympians, they break down walls." The Ironman competition includes a 2.4-mile swim, a 26.2-mile run (the marathon distance) and a 112-mile bike ride.

Mr. Rubert is a documentary filmmaker. When the filmmaker Jonatas Rubert was a child, his parents explained to him that his younger brother, Tiago, had Down syndrome. Rubert didn’t really know ...