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A Maryland man who is nonverbal and has Down syndrome was found safe in a locked Metro station corridor over the weekend after being missing for six days. His father says he wants to make sure what happened to his son doesn't happen to anyone else.
When Lianor da Cunha Hillerstrom of Lexington, Massachusetts, learned her now 9-year-old son Oskar had Down syndrome, she was concerned but not panicked. As a child, Lianor lived for a time in Santo Amaro de Oeiras, Portugal, near her aunt Teresa who had Down syndrome, which causes intellectual disability. Had Lianor, who is 47, stayed in Portugal, she would have witnessed her aunt decline and then die at age 60 of Alzheimer's - the most common cause of death for people with Down syndrome.
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