Tri For Joe, Supporting People With Down Syndrome

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Down Syndrome Facts

Down syndrome is the most commonly occuring chromosonal genetic disorder resulting in 1 of every 733 births.

The average life span has risen from 9 years in 1925 to 55 in 2008.

350,000 American citizens have Down syndrome.

The vast majority of people with Down syndrome have only mild to moderate mental retardation.

Siblings of children with Down syndrome are more well-adjusted, mature and responsible than their peers.

The average age of a mother giving brith to a baby with Down syndrome is 28.

Children with Down syndrome learn to sit, walk, talk and play only somewhat later than their peers.