Campaign to change language around Down's syndrome – BBC London News

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A mother from Surrey, whose son has Down’s syndrome, has called for doctors and midwives to be given better advice on how to talk to parents if their baby is diagnosed with the genetic condition. Sarah Roberts from Woking feels the language used when she was told her son Oscar was affected left her confused and upset. She wants other parents to have better support. Thomas Magill reports.

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