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Trisomy 21: the Jérôme-Lejeune Institute, the happy clinic

2021-12-30T05:16:33.982Z


REPORT - According to a unique model, the Jérôme-Lejeune Institute in Paris welcomes people with intellectual disabilities and Down's syndrome, to support and care for them with remarkable expertise and inventive genius.


Augustine is happy.

At 5 years old, this sturdy boy with short hair throws himself laughingly into the arms of strangers who approach him.

He asks them for a kiss.

If, after the surprise effect, the response turns out to be out of proportion to his enthusiasm, he returns to his parents and snuggles up against them.

In the neighboring waiting room, Ambre, 18 months old and already two cardiac operations, reserves her smile for her only father, whose arms she never leaves.

His tiny hands caress his cheek, reveling in the roughness of the hair of his budding beard.

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Source: lefigaro

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