Category Genetic Technologies

World Down Syndrome Day: Self-Advocacy and Improving Lives

Chris Kaposy marks World Down Syndrome Day with examples of leadership and artistic accomplishment by people with Down syndrome.

Crimes against Humanity in Xinjiang and the Crisis in Forensic Genetics

Mark Munsterhjelm raises alarm about the complicity of researchers and suppliers in forensic genetics in the Chinese government’s repression of Indigenous peoples in Xinjiang.

Introducing: The Beautiful Unwanted

Chris Kaposy introduces his new book, The Beautiful Unwanted: Down Syndrome in Myth, Memoir, and Bioethics.

An Ordinary Future: An Interview with Thomas W. Pearson

Thomas W. Pearson discusses his new book, An Ordinary Future: Margaret Mead, the Problem of Disability, and a Child Born Different.

Non-Directive Prenatal Counseling: A Myth Under the Shroud of Ableism

Stephanie H. Meredith details the findings from a study on the impact of bias on the provision of prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.