Parents of Down syndrome children learn ‘different’ can be beautiful

Parents first learning their soon-to-be born child has Down syndrome often experience lump-in-thethroat type fear. Hearing such news is a forced leap into the unknown not only for their newborn, but for themselves. According to the Down Syndrome Association of Central Oklahoma (DSACO), 72% of marriages of couples with a special needs child end in divorce. Chickasaw citizen E...