We are inviting teens and young adults with Down Syndrome and their care givers to participate in a study that seeks to improve the way we explain research studies to individuals with Down Syndrome. Our goal is to create tools to help with explaining what it means to be in

a research study and to get feedback on how we can improve these tools.

Down syndrome can make it easier for kids and teens to become overweight. Teenagers with DS often have more body fat than other people their age and might have higher chances of getting health issues like diabetes and heart problems. This study looked at ways to measure body fat and risk for these health problems in kids and teens with Down syndrome compared to other healthy people. The goal was to help doctors find better ways to check for and stop these health problems in kids and teens with Down syndrome.

We are currently enrolling children with Down syndrome between the ages of 10-20 years. This study is aiming to compare at home sleep studies and in lab sleep studies; participants will be asked to complete both kinds of sleep studies and give their feedback on the experiences.