Petition, lawmakers call for 'purple alert system' after missing teen with Down syndrome found safe
PITTSBURGH —
An online petition is calling for state lawmakers to implement a “purple alert” system after a 17-year-old girl with Down syndrome went missing in downtown Pittsburgh over the weekend.
Kayla Durler was found safely on Saturday by community volunteers, but those who were a part of the search say a “purple alert” system specifically designed to help find children and adults with intellectual disabilities would have made a difference.
Two days of insight and inspiration at the International Congress of Bioethics in Rome
Study shows for the first time that it is possible to improve the neurocognitive development of children with Down syndrome
The clinical research was conducted by the Jérôme Lejeune Institute, the medical, research and training center of the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, the parent foundation of the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation USA, in collaboration with the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, in Paris.
