People Just Like People

Subject: People Just Like People Sat 7 Jun 2008 - 0:04

Quote :: ...Down Syndrome is a focus of the exhibition, a condition which is still stigmatized in Russia, "Until a few years ago as many as 85 percent of babies with Down Syndrome were abandoned at birth," a spokeswoman for charity Downside Up told The Moscow News. Now, about 40 percent of Down Syndrome babies stay with their families, while the majority are consigned to institutions...