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Mohammad Bhar (Arabic: محمد بهار; 2000 – July 2024) was a 24-year-old Palestinian man with Down syndrome and autism who died after being mauled by an Israeli Oketz military dog in a Gaza Strip house during the Israel–Hamas war. Bhar, who had Down syndrome, autism, and speech difficulties, was unable to move without assistance from ...
First major character with Down syndrome on a television series, portrayed by a person who also has Down syndrome. Chris Burke: Yes [113] 2018 Penny Stevenson: Doctors: She was born with a right arm that ends just below the elbow. Cerrie Burnell: Yes [114] 1994 Kerry Weaver: ER: Limp in her gait due to congenital hip dysplasia: Laura Innes: No ...
8-year-old boy with Down syndrome hailed as a hero for rescuing sister, 14, from raging house fire ... And kept yelling Ava, Ava,” the kids’ mother, Renee Unruh, told KCNC-TV, during an ...
Down syndrome or Down's syndrome, [12] also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. [3] It is usually associated with developmental delays, mild to moderate intellectual disability , and characteristic physical features.
March 21 (3/21) is World Down Syndrome Day, chosen because people with Down Syndrome have three copies of the 21st chromosome instead of the usual two. "Gabe lives his life to the fullest," Nick ...
Pre-teens everywhere are swooning over an 11-year-old singer with the sweetest new take on an old song. Rapper MattyB even has adults nodding approvingly with a happy sigh. This month, he ...
Nathaniel “Lockie” Julies, a 16 year-old boy with down syndrome, was fatally shot allegedly by South African Police Service (SAPS) officers Sergeant Simon ‘Scorpion’ Ndyalvane and Constable Caylene Whiteboy [4] [5] on the 26 August 2020. [1] A third suspect, Detective Voster Netshiongolo, appeared before the Pretoria Magistrate’s ...
Any Day Now is a 2012 American drama film directed by Travis Fine, who rewrote the original screenplay that George Arthur Bloom had written 30 years previously. Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt star as a gay couple who assume guardianship of a teenage boy who has Down syndrome, only to find themselves at odds with the biological mother and California's family law courts.