John and Mark X. Cronin, the father-son team that founded John's Crazy Socks, spoke with future doctors and medical professionals at the College of the Holy Cross on treating patients and families with a differing ability.
There is an awful reality that confronts people with Dwon syndrome and their families: nearly every person with Down syndrome will develop Alzheimer’s. Despite this foreboding future, people with Down syndrome are barred from the promising trials of drugs to address Alzheimer's disease, drugs that could change the future for thousands of people with Down syndrome. This inequity needs to change.