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Byline: Elizabeth Harmon Daily Herald Correspondent Five-year-old Josh Lawson of Algonquin has a new Winnie-the-Pooh backpack to carry home art projects and papers from kindergarten. At Lincoln Prairie School this fall, he’s drawing with crayons and singing songs. This new school year holds promise and challenge for every student.

Even for Josh, who was born with Down syndrome, and other children with special needs. For them, the right educational program can be as unique as the child himself. "Special education isn’t a place, it’s a set of services that follow a …

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Byline: Madhu Krishnamurthy Daily Herald Staff Writer The faces of Daniel Effa of Grayslake, Nicholas Pesce of Deer Park and Carly Ziesemer of Kildeer will grace a giant TV screen Sunday in New York’s Times Square as part of a video produced by the National Down Syndrome Society. They are among 200 children and adults selected from 2,000 photos submitted for the 30-minute segment.

It aims to raise awareness about Down syndrome - a genetic disorder that causes developmental delays. The purpose of the video is to show people with Down syndrome participating in regular community …

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A cholinergic therapy based on the use of Donepezil has reported good results in four adults with Down Syndrome (DS) (Kishnani et al., 1999). Kishnani and colleagues took into consideration similarities between the neurobiology of Alzheimer’s Disease and of DS.

Ginkgo biloba (standardized extract Egb 761) has shown the same efficacy as Donepezil and other cholinesterase inhibitors in the treatment of dementia (Wettstein, 2000). Ginkgo standardized extract also seems to have a direct effect on the cholinergic system (DeFeudis and Drieu, 2000). In individuals with DS, therapy with …

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