{"id":6083,"date":"2018-10-15T08:29:06","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T13:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/?p=6083"},"modified":"2021-10-01T16:22:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T20:22:50","slug":"october-is-down-syndrome-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/2018\/10\/october-is-down-syndrome-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"October Is down Syndrome Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Down_Syndrome_Awareness_2018_TB-640x640.jpg\" alt=\"blue and yellow down syndrome awareness ribbon\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Down_Syndrome_Awareness_2018_TB-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Down_Syndrome_Awareness_2018_TB-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Down_Syndrome_Awareness_2018_TB-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Down_Syndrome_Awareness_2018_TB-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Down_Syndrome_Awareness_2018_TB-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Down_Syndrome_Awareness_2018_TB.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month and the chance to celebrate the many abilities and accomplishments of those with Down syndrome<\/p>\n<h2>Facts about Down syndrome:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Down syndrome occurs when there is an extra full or partial copy of chromosome 21 in an individual.<\/li>\n<li>In the U.S., 1 in every 700 babies is born with Down syndrome or about 6,000 per year.<\/li>\n<li>It is the most common chromosomal condition.<\/li>\n<li>The only factor that has been linked to an increased chance of having a baby with Down syndrome is maternal age. However, because of higher birth rates in younger women, 80% of children with Down syndrome are born to a woman who is under 35 years of age.<\/li>\n<li>Those with Down syndrome have cognitive delays, but they are usually mild to moderate.<\/li>\n<li>Down Syndrome Awareness is represented by the colors blue and yellow.<\/li>\n<li>The Buddy Walk is a world-wide fundraiser that supports local programs and services for those with Down syndrome as well as national advocacy and awareness initiatives for the National Association for Down Syndrome.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month and the chance to celebrate the many abilities and accomplishments of those with Down syndrome Facts about Down syndrome: Down syndrome occurs when there is an extra full or partial copy of chromosome 21 in an individual. In the U.S., 1 in every 700 babies is born with Down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[190],"class_list":["post-6083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awareness","tag-down-syndrome-awareness"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.titlebucks.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}