Celeb with DS Child

[Davros]

You DS mums probably all know this. I read an interview with Leslie Grantham (Dirty Den) and his youngest child (of 3) has DS and his wife is very inolved in awareness raising and other activities. Its an interview in this week's Radio Times.

OH I did not know that Davros - thanks for sharing that. The only celeb I knew about was Damon Hill.

And Brian Rix. Is he still alive?

I thought Brian Rix's child had cerebral palsy, actually, but I may be wrong

not really celeb, but rosa monckton (runs Tiffany's UK, married to Dominic Lawson, Nigellas brother) also has ds child, who was Diana's favourite godchild...
also pretty involved

The racing car driver Graham Hill has a lovely ds son. He's very into fund/awareness raising.

Aloha ... it is Damon Hill whose child is DS (Graham Hill - also a racing driver) was Damon Hill's father ...

Yes Ghosty, Doh! Silly me!

I think Bob Monkhouse also has an adult child with DS.

Bob Monkhouse has a child with Cerebral Palsy, he's about 15 I think

I'm sure that Brian Rix's daughter has DS. His wife was young when they had her, and they went on to have other, non DS children after. He has been involved with MENCAP for over 40 years as a result and was made Lord Rix for his charity work.

opps sorry Bob monkhouse had a son, Gary who had CP but died in 1992 aged 40

I stand corrected, Miaow. How sad that they lost their son.

Max Clifford has a daughter with CP or DS, not sure which. I'll see if I can find out. It made me like him more.

not DS I don't think - I know she has some kind of physical problem but I'm pretty sure that's not it. May not even be CP.

Juvenile arthritis - just googled.

And Brian Rix's daughter Shelley was born with DS in 1951.

OK, hmb, sorry. I knew about Mencap and his honours, it's just that my parents' friends had a son with cerebral palsy and I remember them talking about him as a kind of role model, but I must be mis-remembering.

Yup, just googled, and he actually had a grandson with DS too.

Sorry all but what does DS stand for?

Oh sorry, mieow, it's Down's syndrome (or that's what I was talking about anyway, maybe that's why I keep getting it wrong )

Sorry just worked it out!!!