October is
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Fun
facts about down syndrome:
- Life expectancy for people with down syndrome has
increased dramatically in recent decades - from 25 in 1983 to 60 today.
- People with down syndrome attend school, work,
participate in decisions that affect them, and contribute to society in
many wonderful ways.
- There are more than 400,000 people living with down
syndrome in the United States.
90%
of pre-born children diagnosed with down syndrome are aborted.
Help
spread awareness that all life has value.
- Share this
link with new and expectant mothers that have a child with down
syndrome.
- Order HLA's comic, Carlos
and Isabel Save Esperanza, to teach young children that all human
beings deserve to be cherished and loved. Preview the comic here.
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