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.
Each year approximately 3,000 to 5,000 children are born with this chromosome disorder and it is believed there are about 250,000 families in the United States of America who are affected by Down Syndrome. Sixty to 80 percent of children with Down Syndrome have hearing deficits. Forty to 45 percent of children with Down Syndrome have congenital heart disease. Intestinal abnormalities also occur at a higher frequency in children with Down Syndrome. Children with Down Syndrome often have more eye problems than other children who do not have this chromosome disorder.