Minnesota Family With Six Children Born With Down Syndrome Advocates For Community

CBS Minnesota

March 20, 2025

The Spring family of Hutchinson, Minnesota, is the subject of two documentaries, as six of their 12 children were born with Down syndrome.

Leah Spring's fifth child was born with Down syndrome, and as she dove into the community, she and her husband learned about children in Eastern Europe who shared the same diagnosis.

"I was always working with kids in this population, and then so when I had my daughter, it was, 'it all makes sense.' It was preparation," Spring explained.

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