Post 54. Co-signing and being a guarantor are two different things. Every co-signer is a guarantor, but not every guarantor is a co-signer. If you pledge to repay a debt of another without the possibility of personal return, then you are the co-signer.
About 6,000 babies with Down syndrome are born in the United States every year, and the national population of people with DS is estimated to be 400,000. Babies with DS and typically developing infants are more alike than they are different.
1 Down syndrome is a relatively common genetic condition. 2  The number of babies being born is rising in many countries. 3  Life expectancy for people with Down syndrome has risen dramatically.  As a result of rising births and improved life expectancy many more people are living today with Down syndrome than ever before.