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To test for down syndrome or not

Eric Madete and his 16 year old son Bradley who is living with DS: PHOTO DAVID NJAAGA/STANDARD

Eric Madete, a real estate agent in Nairobi, has a child with Down Syndrome (DS), a rare genetic disorder that results in physical and mental disabilities.

But Madete, whose child Bradley is now 16 years old, wishes he had known, while his son was in the womb, that he had the condition.

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