Fort Dix. Fort Dix is named for Major General Adams Dix, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Fort Dix is part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL) and is co-located with McGuire AFB and Lakehurst NAS in Burlington County, New Jersey. Contact Rapid Rover shuttle at ground transportation desk in baggage claim areas.
Occasionally parents can pass on genes that make it more likely that their kidsâ kids (the parentâs grandchildren) will have Down syndrome (click here for an example). Scientists arenât totally sure, but it isnât thought to be very common. In the other 5% of cases, children inherit Down syndrome from a healthy parent.
Associated with Down syndrome is an increased risk of hearing and vision defects, heart abnormalities (about 50% are born with congenital heart defects, for which the majority can be surgically corrected), infection, leukaemia, thyroid disorders, and of developing Alzheimer-type dementia in later life.