More than 30,000 women have taken the new, noninvasive prenatal test for chromosomal abnormalities linked to such disorders as Down syndrome in the nearly three years since it became available, a survey said Tuesday. The test, which is much less invasive than its predecessor, is ...
A former TV Asahi Corp. announcer is working to raise awareness of Down syndrome in children. She has a 2-year-old boy with the condition. Freelance TV professional Airi Ryuen believes parents in Japan find it hard to obtain support. On March 21, she served as the ...
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is conducting a comprehensive survey on the living conditions of people with Down syndrome amid controversy over a new prenatal testing method that helps detect possible chromosome abnormalities in fetuses. The new method, introduced in April 2013, is a ...
Education authorities in the city of Osaka have pledged to review how schools handle applications for places from special-needs children after hearing that a public elementary school tried to turn away a local child with Down syndrome. New Zealander Steve Sasaki-Samuels, 37, and his wife, ...
A show of brilliant color combinations, unusual shapes and a creative use of materials, "Art as a Haven of Happiness" at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum showcases the work of artists with Down syndrome and other disabilities. Free of any fixed ideas or concepts ...
Almost a year since the introduction of a controversial prenatal screening test, a photo exhibition is underway in Tokyo to dispel misunderstandings about children with Down Syndrome. Originating in Britain, the exhibition titled "Daun-sho: Kazoku no Manazashi" ("Down Syndrome: The Family View"), features 80 photos ...
The Tokyo District Court ruled Friday that a Filipino man living in Japan illegally should not be deported because his child, who suffers from Down syndrome, needs him. "There is a need to care properly for the child. But if the father is deported, the ...
In a victory for the rights of adults with disabilities, a judge has declared that a 29-year-old woman with Down syndrome can live the life she wants, rejecting a guardianship request from her parents that would have let them keep her in a group ...
It wasn't her turn to talk, but early on in a hearing that will determine the limits of her independence, Margaret Jean Hatch stood up in a Newport News, Virginia, courtroom and cut the judge off in midsentence. "I don't need guardianship," she declared. "I ...
A 35-year-old ex-high school music teacher opted not to take a prenatal test because she wanted to cherish the life of her child regardless of any disabilities the baby might be born with, and whatever difficulties these could bring. Pushing her to make that decision ...
The woman came to the Kitakyushu Rehabilitation Center for Children with Disabilities in Fukuoka Prefecture in January to see a mother raising a child born with the same chromosomal abnormality as her own daughter. "I understand. You must have a lot of concerns," the 44-year-old ...
At a crematorium in May 2008, a 35-year-old woman and her 38-year-old husband bade farewell to their unborn baby boy, Yuki, whom they dressed in blue clothes and a blue hat. The baby's bones were so thin and tiny the parents, who declined to be ...
