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WHAT IF nearly everything we know about ageing is wrong and much that we assumed about Down Syndrome is wrong?

Aired Wednesday, 6 April 2016, 2:00 PM ET

Today’s Stars are Dr. Bill Thomas and Andrea and Keston Ott-Dahl

Dr. Bill Thomas is a real-life American revolutionary, challenging and even disrupting the long-accepted attitudes people hold about getting older.

Keston and Andréa Ott-Dahl share the Inspiring Pre- and Post-Birth Story of their amazing daughter, Delaney.

About the Guests Dr. Bill Thomas and Andrea and Keston Ott-Dahl

Dr. Bill Thomas has built a reputation as one the most eclectic and creative thinkers working in the field of medicine. Author, entrepreneur, musician, teacher, farmer and physician, Dr. Thomas’ wide-ranging work explores the terrain of human aging. Named by The Wall Street Journal as one of the top ten Americans shaping aging, Dr. Thomas is internationally known for his health care system innovations. He is the founder of a global non-profit (The Eden Alternative) and creator of The Green House Project, radical new approaches to reform long term care. Dr. Thomas also developed the Senior ER model of care and is now working to transform the acute care services provided to elders.

He is the author of “ Second Wind – Navigating the Passage to a Slower, Deeper, and More Connected Life.” His website is: http://changingaging.org

Keston and Andréa Ott-Dahl became mothers “by accident”-and against daunting odds-to a very special child. Their uplifting memoir, Saving Delaney, traces the legal, medical, and emotional hurdles on the tortuous journey to the birth of their adorable, feisty daughter, Delaney Skye, falling fiercely in love and fighting for the life of a child with Down syndrome. They went on to establish the Delaney Ott-Dahl Foundation, a non-profit organization that advocates for early intervention and offers resources for families expecting special needs children. Keston also blogs about their amazing gift of a daughter at: www.delaneyskye.com