Thread: Increasing number of women being diagnosed with Down's syndrome babies - front page of The Telegraph today

posieparksherbroom post in SN

scroll down for the pic that was originally with the BBC article.

Thanks adrienne, how old is your DS now? 70% having a diagnostic test seems about right. I was surprised 30% didn't have any tests. I'm a bit annoyed by the use of 'healthy' all over it but it still remains one of the better pieces on this.

John Humphreys annoys me anyway..he does badger without always knowing...

I've often wonederd what those poeple whho would terminate for DS do should their child then, having been scanned and pronounced 'normal') become disabled at birth.

There was a chat on 5Live yesterday about this too. I think it's still available online. I was annoyed because there was a guy on who said that given the choice between having a baby with Down's or a healthy child people would choose the healthy child. He didn't seem to see that isn't the choice that's on offer; that a negative screening for Down's didn't guarantee a healthy child. And I think that's a...

This maybe a hijack but possibly a good place to ask. There's a boy in yr 5 at my dss school, he has DS. I think it's fantastic that he is in a mainstream school but wonder if this is a benefit. He is always alone, noone plays with him. Should I raise it with the school?

I thought the quote on R4 - that more research needs to be done on why people refuse testing - was really odd. I mean, why? Also got irritated with John Humphreys trying to get the woman from ARC to take a moral stance - that's absolutely not the point of ARC.

"But only around 70 per cent of women who are screened will have an amino" Is that number right? It seems very high

Eidsvold, I saw the original link with your dd on and was sure I "knew" her from here! Not a recent photo, then?