Children with Down syndrome are considered outcasts, she said, throwaways. "That's why they place them to closed institutions They have to spend the rest of life being outside of society.

Almost two decades later, Cooper and Eli transformed that presentation into a book, " Eli Explains Down Syndrome." Eli, who is now 28 years old, didn't just do that one middle school presentation.

The exact number of children born with Down syndrome in North Carolina is unknown, but the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reports that roughly 1 in 826 babies are born with the ...

Jurnee Locklear, 3, who has Down syndrome, smiles during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday, March 17, 2025, for the opening of UNC Health’s new Down Syndrome Clinic in Chapel Hill.