Television and Film that include individuals with Down Syndrome.
Family Guy
#8.12 Extra Large Medium 2-14-2010 Andrea Friedman
Glee
#1.17 Bad Reputation 5-04-2010 Robin Trocki
#1-16 Home 4-27-2010 Lauren Potter
#1-15 The Power of Madonna 4-20-2010 Lauren Potter
#1-9 Wheels 11-11-09 Lauren Potter & Robin Trocki
Free Radio
#2.8 Boxing for Boners 5-21-2009 Josh Perry
#2.5 Buttons 4-30-2009 Josh Perry
Scrubs
#8.8 My Lawyer’s in Love 2-03-2009 Blair Williamson
The Secret Life of an American Teenage
2010, 8 + episodes
2009, 20 episodes
2008, 11 episodes
Saving Grace
#2.7 You are my Partner 8-25-2008 Andrea Friedman
The Secret Life of an American Teenager
ABC Channel
Series premiere, July 1, 2008
Luke Zimmerman plays recurring character Tom Bowman.
So You Think You Can Dance
#3.4 05-28-08
Brett Banford.
Nip Tuck
#3.8 - Tommy Bolton- 11-08-05 Blair Williamson
The View
10-20-05 Sujeet Desai, Carrie Burgeron
Supernanny
- Webb Family- 09-23-05 Paige Webb
Strong Medicine
#6.11 - Broken Hearts- 09-11-05 Andrea Friedman
#2.7 - Impaired- 08-26-01 Brandon Bauer
Judging Amy
#6.21 - Getting Out- 04-26-05 Gabriel Douglas
Kingdome Hospital
2004 Mini Series 13 episodes Brandon Bauer, Jennifer Cunningham
The Guardian
#3.14 - All is Mended- 02-10-04 Blair Williamson
Curb Your Enthusiasm
#4.3 - The Blind Date- 01-18-04 Brad Silverman
ER
#14.10 - 300 Patients- 12-06-07 Nicholas Weiland
#10.16 - Forgive and Forget- 02-26-04 Christine Young
#9.18 - Finders Keepers- 04-03-03 Andrea Friedman
#8.20 - The Letter- 05-02-02 Chris Burke
#4.11 - Think Warm Thoughts- 01-08-98 Kristine Johnson
#3.16 - Faith- 02-20-97 Louise Brown & Blair Williamson
CSI
#3.8 - Snuff- 11-21-02 Blair Williamson
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
#3.22 - Competence- 05-10-02 Andrea Friedman
The Division
#4.5 A death in the Family 2-15-2004 Andrea Friedman
#2.12 - Illusions- 04-28-02 Andrea Friedman, Chris Burke
Touched By An Angel
#7.15 - Winners Losers and Leftovers- 02-25-01 Robert Jackson, M.E. Powell
#4.2 - Great Expectations- 09-28-97 Chris Burke
#3.28 - An Angel by any Other Name- 05-10-97 Chris Burke, Andrea Friedman, Jason Kingsley
7th Heaven
#4.18 - Hoop Dreams- 04-10-00 Andrea Friedman, Mindy Zazanis
Third Watch
#1.12 - Journey to the Himalayas- 01-24-00 Ashley Wolfe
Family Law
#1.2 - Damages- 09-27-99 Robert Jackson
Walker Texas Ranger
#7.13 - Special Witness- 01-16-99 Andrea Friedman
Chicago Hope
#4.6 - The Lung & the Restless 11-05-97 Andrea Friedman
Promised Land
#1.13 - Independence Day- 01-14-97 Chris Burke
The Commish
#3.14 - Dog Days- 02-05-94 Chris Burke
Baywatch
#4.11 - The Child Inside- 11-22-93 Andrea Friedman
Quantum Leap
#5.22 - Mirror Image- 05-04-93 Brad Silverman
#5.7 - Deliver Us From Evil- 11-10-92 Brad Silverman
#3.22 - Shock Theatre- 05-22-91 Brad Silverman
#2.8 - Jimmy- 11-22-89 Brad Silverman
Life Goes On (all four seasons include series regular Chris Burke)
#1.1 - Pilot Episode- 09-21-89 Chris Burke, Ryan Davis
#2.20 - Arthur- 04-07-91 Chris Burkee, David McFarlane
#3.19 - Corkey' s Romance- 03-29-92 Chris Burke, Andrea Friedman
Buck James
#7108 - Silent Partners- 1987 Deborah Henrickson
Street Legal
#2.12 - Romeo & Carol- 12-13-87 David McFarlane
Airwolf
#3.3 - And a Child Shall Lead- 10-12-85 Ricky Wittman
The Fall Guy
#4.12 - The Winner- 12-19-84 Jason Kingsley
CHiPs
#6.6 - Something Special- 22-21-82 Ricky Wittman
2008 - The Memory Keeper' s Daughter- Lifetime Krystal Nausbaum
2001 - Jewel- CBS Ashley Wolfe
2000 - Flowers for Algernon- CBS David McFarlane
1997 - Smudge- TNT Andrea Friedman
1995 - My Antonia- USA Blair Williamson
1992 - Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted- NBC Chris Burke, K.C. Clarizo
1987 - The Kid Who Wouldn' t Quit- ABC Brad Silverman
1987 - Kids Like These- (11-08-87) CBS Ted Polito
1987 - Celebration Family- ABC Mindy Zazanis
1982 - The Kid from Nowhere- NBC Ricky Wittman
1977 - This is My Son- NBC
2006 - Unknown- The Weinstein Co. Blair Williamson
2005 - The Ringer- Fox Eddie Barbanell, John Taylor
2003 - Afterlife- Soda Pictures (UK) Paula Sage
2001 - I Am Sam- Alliance Atlantis Brad Silverman
1996 - The Eighth Day- Gramercy Pictures Pascal Duquenne
1988 - The Seventh Sign" Columbia TriStar John Taylor
Rapid Eye
February 27, 2006
WROC TV News, Rochester N.Y., showed the amazing video of a kid with autism who did the unthinkable at a recent Greece Athena basketball game. He scored 20 points in the last four minutes. Dave Yates sat down with this young star about what seems like a fairy tale dream. This is worth celebrating no matter what disability you support or affects your life.
http://www.wroctv.com/sports/story.asp?id=10211
Wall Street Journal, October 3, 2005
"Earlier this year, Brian Skotko, a student at Harvard Medical School, published papers in two academic journals, based on a survey of more than 1,000 mothers. The survey asked an unusual question: How were they told that their child had Down syndrome?
One woman said that after her baby was born in 2000, "the doctor flat out told my husband that this could have been prevented… at an earlier stage." Of 141 women who learned through prenatal testing, many said they felt urged to terminate the pregnancies. One said that after learning her amniocentesis results, the doctor told her "our child would never be able to read, write or count change.""
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Wall Street Journal, April 20, 2005
"For the families of individuals with Down syndrome, one of the most frustrating aspects of the condition is the impaired ability to communicate and express oneself. But now, doctors and researchers believe they have discovered ways to improve some of these symptoms."
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