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With Special Olympics, Shriver leaves legacy of hope

When Katy Wilson was born with Down syndrome, doctors told her mother that the infant likely would never walk or talk.

People.com: Sarah Palin Says Son Trig Is a 'Typical Rowdy 1-Year-Old'

The Alaska governor is thankful for her child who was born with Down syndrome

Australia lets family with Down syndrome kid stay

Australia's immigration minister has granted permanent residency to a German family whose application was twice denied because their 13-year-old son's Down syndrome was deemed a drain on the country's health system.

Prom king with Down syndrome goes to college

Marget Wincent has never met Sarah Palin, but she hopes the Republican vice presidential candidate will respond to her recent e-mail. Wincent said she encouraged Palin, whose son Trig has Down syndrome, to "get that little guy on skates when he's a couple years old, and enjoy those snowmobile rides."

Time.com: A Biological Clock for Dads Too

A growing body of research suggests that men's fertility declines as much as -- if not faster than -- that of women

People.com: Sarah Palin Talks About Her Family Struggles

In a PEOPLE interview, the GOP candidate reveals initial doubts about her ability to raise a special needs child

People.com: Five Things You Didn't Know About Sarah Palin

The 44-year-old Governor of Alaska talks to PEOPLE about her boys and her beauty pageant days

Life with Anthony

For parents with three small kids -- Michael is 4, Jack's 3, and Anthony is 2 -- Lisa and Mike Spellman are surprisingly calm people. From the jumble of bright plastic toys, to the family pictures on every table, to the five baby gates in the downstairs alone, it's obvious that they've happily surrendered to parenthood. Lisa (a former attorney, now an at-home mom) and Mike (a neuroradiologist) take it all in stride, even when the volume in their Nashville house approaches deafening.

U.S. probes hospital link to bombings

A hospital administrator has been detained on suspicion he helped to supply patient information to militants about the mentally challenged women thought to have unknowingly carried out two bombings, the U.S. military says.

FSB: A better prenatal test?

Life was proceeding as planned for Ravinder Dhallan, or so it seemed. Having earned doctorates in medicine and biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, he had just started a radiation oncology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. On the home front Dhallan and his wife, Hejung Christine Chang, had a daughter, and they were eager to see their family grow.

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