March 21, 2017
Today is World Down Syndrome Day, a global awareness day officially observed by the United Nations since 2012, which encourages raising awareness of Down syndrome. Many PROaupair host families have children with Down syndrome, which is a chromosomal condition in which someone is born with an extra 21st chromosome. One in 700 babies born in the U.S. will have Down syndrome – making it the most common chromosomal condition. [...] Read More »