Serious illness in children with Down Syndrome with Dr. Elizabeth Herrieven

Date: Wednesday, 15 September 2021, 17.00 h. CET, per Zoom Serious illness in children with Down Syndrome People with Down’s syndrome are at increased risk of serious illness.Dr. Elizabeth Herrieven shall be reviewing some of the reasons for this, discussing what can be done to keep people healthy and explaining some of the warning signs […]

Sleep disturbances in persons with Down syndrome: importance of detection and intervention as early as possible

Speaker: Jaqueline London, Emeritus Professor, Université de Paris, France.The webinar’s recording is from 21 April 2021. Down syndrome (DS, also called trisomy 21) is characterised by many developmental abnormalities, including intellectual disability, which could be related at least to sleep disturbances. Sleep disturbances in early childhood of persons with DS have been mostly underestimated, especially […]