Down’s Syndrome Support Group Gibraltar

University of Michigan School of Kinesiology bike camp participant Bridget Richards zooms around happily on her two-wheel bike. Richards was part of the 'bike camp' study conducted by U-M Kinesiology.

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Some schools were failing to spot pupils' needs early enough Thousands of pupils are being wrongly labelled as having special educational needs when all they require is better teaching and support, Ofsted has said.It said up to 25% of the 1.7m pupils in England with special needs would not be so labelled if schools focused more on teaching for all their children.The education standards watchdog said the term "special needs" was being used too widely.The National Union of Teachers said such claims were "insulting and wrong".

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A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy with Down's syndrome is taking pride of place in the windows

of national clothing chain Next.

Harvey Simpson was named in the top 12 of 28,000 entrants in the Next Generation Children's Competition, which was looking for youngsters to feature in an advertising campaign.

Article courtesy of  www.sciencedaily.com

ScienceDaily (Sep. 17, 2009) — Using yeast genetics and a novel scheme to selectively remove a single protein from the cell division process called meiosis, a cell biologist at The Florida State University found that when a key molecular player known as Pds5 goes missing, chromosomes fail to segregate and pair up properly, and birth defects such as Down syndrome can result.