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14.6kViewsThere are many myths and misconceptions about people with Down syndrome. On World Down Syndrome Day, NeuronUP would like to take this opportunity to expose false beliefs and promote the social integration of people with this…

Mark York, an actor best known for playing a character on the NBC sitcom "The Office" who was paralyzed like him, died on May 19 in Dayton, Ohio. He was 55 years old.His hospital death has been confirmed by the Montgomery County Coroner…

Susan Osborn, photographed May 2020, sits with her son Noah's service dog, Saxby, and her son's favorite toy on a bench in Union Point Park in New Bern, NC. At the time, Noah, a 17-year-old with autism and other developmental disorders,…

Mark York, the actor best known for playing Billy Merchant on the NBC sitcom "The Office," died last week in Dayton, Ohio. He was 55 years old.His death was confirmed by the Montgomery County Coroner Office, which announced Tuesday that he…

A non-partisan group of federal lawmakers is pushing for additional state funding for autism initiatives next year. (Thinkstock) Dozens of Congressmen are calling on the federal government to significantly increase its…

A team of scientists announced Monday that they partially restored a blind person's eyesight by building light-trapping proteins in one of their eyes. Their report, published in the journal Nature Medicine, is the first published study…

Jason Barnes liked drumming when he was a little boy - he hit anything he could get his hands on as soon as he started listening to music! In 2012, when he was 22 years old, his right hand was amputated due to an industrial…

The connection between Emily Shakeshaft and Izaak Theo Adu-Watts was made long before their face-to-face meeting. Ms. Shakeshaft, who sees Sade's music as an integral part of her childhood soundtrack, couldn't have imagined that a message…

LONDON - Before the pandemic hit the UK last year, Michelle Hedley could only go to her local theaters in the north of England if they happened to be playing a closed captioning performance.It happened five times a year - at best, said…

DENVER - A family in Colorado with a child with disabilities was banned from Southwest Airlines' return flights to Denver due to a company policy after a flight attendant feared the boy would not be wearing a mask, the…