DID YOU KNOW?

• In the UK, around one in every 1000 babies born will have Down's Syndrome.

• There are 60,000 people in the UK with the condition.

• Although the chance of a baby having Down's Syndrome is higher for older mothers, more babies with Down's Syndrome are born to younger women.

• Down's Syndrome is caused by the presence of an extra chromosome in a baby's cells. It occurs by chance at conception and is irreversible.

• Down's Syndrome is not a disease. People with Down's Syndrome are not ill and do not "suffer" from the condition.

• People with the syndrome will have a degree of learning difficulty. However, most people with Down's Syndrome will walk and talk and many will read and write, go to ordinary schools and lead fulfilling, semi-independent lives.

• Today people with Down's Syndrome can expect to live to between 40 and 60 years of age on average.

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