Both had been found to have Down's syndrome. I have met Professor Nicolaides, who is a highly innovative, if controversial, surgeon in the field. Yet he has also long been an advocate of more efficient and widespread screening for Down's syndrome. This is why I am so irritated by the lazy phrase that people 'suffer from Down's syndrome'. If it were, doubtless Professor Nicolaides would be in the forefront of doctors trying to develop a 'cure'.

Source: Daily Mail September 28, 2020 00:04 UTC