hat is Trisomy 18?  Trisomy 18 is a chromosomal abnormality. It is also called Edwards syndrome, after the doctor who first described it ..read more

We had a dramatic Shabbos morning experience several weeks ago. We awakened to pouring rain. Our in-house wandering Jew, a/k/a Moishey Sander, had left to shul later than his father and brother did, while the females of the house were still sleeping ..read more

When our son Avichi was born thirty-one years ago with an extra chromosome in each of his precious cells, I could not anticipate that he would survive open heart surgery, be fluent in two languages, live an hour and a half from me in his apartment with his wife Kirin, of ten years, volunteer two days a month assisting the mayor Shuki Ohana, in Tzfat, and a million and one things no one wrote about or anticipated ..read more

Several months after my dear mother’s passing, I was very touched to read the Editor’s Message in DSAU #27. I will quote the passage that affected me so profoundly ..read more

When I was a senior in college, I met a young man who changed the course of my professional career.  He was in his mid-20s and was in a day service program that I was assigned to as a clinical experience.  He had Down syndrome.  I had never before met anyone with Down syndrome (DS). He had a wonderful personality and enjoyed every aspect of his life ..read more

The air was thick with kedusha. I literally felt a whiff of Mamud Har Sinai. Yeshiva Bonim  Lamokom was celebrating Kabalas HaTorah in its own unique way. On the Sunday prior to Shavuos the student body assembled in the large Beis Medrash of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath to celebrate a day of fathers and sons learning Torah together. The event was aptly named ‘Uvos Ubanim ..read more

Moyamoya is a rare condition in which the blood vessels (internal carotid arteries) that supply blood to the brain become narrowed. This limits the flow of blood to the brain, and puts them at risk for stroke ..read more

They say “Hindsight is 20/20” so let’s back up a bit.  My daughter, Erin, was born in 1999 and is the youngest of my four children. At birth I was told she had Down syndrome.  I was not in total shock because I had known several parents who had children with Down syndrome ..read more

My husband and I attended a Shabbaton a couple of months ago. The theme of this Shabbaton was not related to special needs at all. On Motzei Shabbos, during Melave Malka, one of the weekend’s most dynamic speakers got up to give his closing remarks ..read more

Dear Counselor Yanky: Welcome to what I am sure will be a fantastic summer! Rabbi Klein cannot do anything less than superb, even if he tries ..read more