Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - The Coronavirus Briefing Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailPeople with Down's syndrome, cerebral palsy and autism could be left to die of coronavirus under new guidelines in the United States. (Image: REUTERS)News website Tuscon.com also highlighted the tragic death of Emily Wallace, a 67 year-old woman with Down's syndrome who was infected with Covid-19 at her Georgia care home, and later died. Wallace previously hit the headlines after she and husband Richard became the first couple with Down's syndrome in Georgia to marry, with the pair living happily until Richard’s death in 2018. Wallace already had a ‘do not resuscitate’ order in place, meaning medics did not attempt to try and save her. Professor Michael Berube, whose son Jamie, 28, has Down's syndrome, said: "It would be a very rare person who sees a person with Down's syndrome as innately as valuable and as able to contribute to society as anybody else.

Source: Daily Mirror March 28, 2020 18:09 UTC