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How you react to disability reveals a lot about you writes Arianne Ryecroft, a mother of three with two children living with disabilities. Our 10-year-old son, Xavier*, was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome and ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) at the age of five. Four months later,...

03 April, 2025

This article is not an argument for or against prenatal screening or testing for Down syndrome. Every week in my work as a clinical geneticist, I witness the trauma couples experience when making decisions about wanted pregnancies in which there is a problem with the...

03 March, 2021