Shia LaBeouf accused of laughing at co-star with Down syndrome at Oscars 2020 By . Marisa Dellatto. Published Feb. 9, 2020. Updated Feb. 11, 2020, 12:13 p.m. ET. Explore More ...

It took Samantha Lesmeister’s family four months to find a medical professional who could see that she was struggling with something more than her Down syndrome. The young woman, known as Sammee ...

At some point the kids on bikes began jeering at the boy with Down syndrome, laughing and yelling "retard" over and over. The boy in the pool laughed too as the group continued chanting the slur.

The U.S. had about three times as many adults with Down syndrome by 2016 as it did in 1970. ... She lost her limited ability to speak, stopped laughing, and no longer wanted to leave the house.

How a couple with Down syndrome proved critics wrong 03:02. Deep in New York's Adirondack Mountains, ... "He got me laughing and everything. He was the one for me," Kris said.