Cognitive Limitations In Individuals With Down Syndrome

People with Down syndrome often have at least one intellectual disability. Often they have problems with talking but there are many people who have regular visits with speech pathologists that have worked they way up to being able to talk clearly. People with Down syndrome are often unhappy to the way some people treat them, as

A person with downs syndrome has extra chromosome. The defect usually involves the twenty first chromosome. With this chromosome defect you do not develop like the average human being. With Down syndrome you have a short body stature and your face has a very broad profile, the most noticeable way to tell if someone has Down syndrome is their ears and their eyes are aligned differently than someone who doesn’t have downs syndrome. When you are growing up with Down’s syndrome your speech develops much slower and it is much harder to annunciate your words. some over time can develop great speech and some

Syndrome. Approximately half of all infants born with Down’s syndrome have a heart defect. Many of these defects have serious implications”

     There is no cure for Down Syndrome. There is also not way to prevent it.

Down syndrome occurs in people who were born with three, rather than two, copies of the 21st chromosome. This extra genetic material is what brings about the effects of Down’s syndrome. It is often characterized by an impairment of cognitive (process of thought) ability. Most people with Down syndrome have lower than average, mild to moderate, cognitive ability and this cannot be predicted at birth. A smaller number fall into the severe impairment range. Physically, people with Down’s syndrome are smaller in stature, have less muscle tone, and have noticeably different facial features. The number of these births occurs approximately in one out of every one thousand (ndss.org). As of 2007, the number of people in the United States with Down syndrome stood at about 350,000. These numbers will shrink because now (most) potential parents can know the condition of the fetus early. This information is included to let the reader relate to the struggles that some with Down syndrome goes through.

There are three types of types of Down syndrome, with the most prevalent one being Trisomy 21 (www.ndss.org). The other two are Translocation

Down syndrome doesn’t just show up during your life, you’re not going to just start noticing you have Down syndrome in the middle of your life or be diagnosed with it later on. You’re born with it; you have no way to get rid of it at any time. You can’t change it. Down syndrome is a chromosomal condition that is linked to intellectual disability. Each human should have 46 chromosomes, 23 from the father, and 23 from the mother. But whenever you have a child with Down syndrome they are born

When you see someone with Down syndrome, how do you know that the person has Down syndrome? It is because of how they look. It is very easy for doctors and even the general public to notice that someone has this disorder. People with Down syndrome have slanted eyes, a flattened face, a big spatial difference between the eyes, and so on. Humans are used to seeing a basic facial configuration, so if an individual does not have a basic facial configuration but does have the characteristics of someone who has Down syndrome, it is easy for people to note that they have that disorder. This is all related to configural processing. Configural processing is the relative placement of facial features within the face. This type of processing has three

Down syndrome (also known as trisomy 21) is a disorder that makes you physically and mentally more challenged than everyone else but you are still able to grow develop and live a partially normal life. The major causes of Down syndrome are first just getting unlucky and having the 21st chromosome be irregular. But if you have a child when you are older than 35 you have a highly increased chance of getting down syndrome also if you have a sibling with Down syndrome or another kid with-it that can also increase the chance of getting down syndrome. Some symptoms of this disorder are, you can be physically less capable than others can and can have a hard time remembering things and can possibly not be able to achieve what seems to be easy things to do daily. However, most important, they only live to about 80. In addition, they can have a hard time reproducing but can still can reproduce.

Through DNA splicing scientists have been able to shut off the extra gene that causes Down syndrome. Such advances as these have caused a change in perspective or should we or shouldn’t we. Some of these new cures have been discovered by accident. Originally these treatments were meant to help treat Down syndrome but with further research and discovery, the possibility of eliminating the disorder altogether became possible. Other methods involve using induced pluripotent stem cells to delete unwanted cells. Scientists have now made farther advancements in curing Down syndrome. Such advancement will now make it possible to cure children of Down

Symptoms of down syndrome are the following Flat facial features, Small head, Short neck, Protruding tongue, Upward slanting eyes, that is unusual for the child's ethnic group, Unusually shaped or small ears, Poor muscle tone. Broad, short hands with a single crease in the palm, Relatively short fingers and small hands and feet, Excessive flexibility. Tiny white spots on the colored part or the iris of the eye called Brushfield spots, Short height. Infants and children with down syndrome may be average size at birth , but typically they grow slower and remain shorter than other children the same age. In general, developmental milestones, such as sitting, crawling or walking may occur at about twice the age of child without impairment. People with down syndrome also suffer from cognitive delays. People affected by down syndrome varies greatly, it can happen to anyone, although more common in pregnant mothers 35 years or older. the cause of down syndrome is due to having an extra chromosome, therefore it is a disorder that happens 99% randomly and only 1% genetically. Unfortunately there is no cure, treatment or prevention for down syndrome as of today, but scientists are continuing to research for a cure. People with Down Syndrome live healthy, active lives and can function in an everyday environment.

. When parents/ families find out they are going to have a child, or do have a child with Down syndrome, it is a life changing experience that most need guidance with.

To begin with, Down syndrome affects a child’s cognitive development. Down syndrome impairs a child’s cognitive development which include, “reduced working memory capacity” (Vicari, Carlesimo, Caltagirone, 1995),

Your child will also have the increased chance of congenital heart defect and pulmonary hypertension. Congenital heart defect changes the normal flood of blood through the heart, and pulmonary hypertension is when blood vessels become hard and narrow and maybe even crumble. This makes your heart work extra hard to pump blood through the lungs, this could lead to heart failure. Along with increased childhood risk of leukemia and an unstable upper spine. This mutation is negative because it takes longer to reach childhood milestones and your child will have trouble speaking. Also, your child a higher risk of heart problems. The risk of your child having down syndrome increases the older you get. At the age of 20 the risk of your child having down syndrome is a 1 in 1,450 chance, at age 30 the risk is 1 in 1,050. At age 40 the risk is 1 in 100. About 200,000 children get down syndrome every

Down syndrome (known as Trisomy 21) is a genetic disorder caused when cell division results in extra genetic material from chromosome 21. This genetic disorder occurs in about 1 of 800 live births. Down syndrome was first characterized a separate form of mental disability by John Langdon Down in 1862. By the 20th century the disability had become the most recognizable form of mental disability. These individuals have gone through a lot. In ancient times, many infants with this disability were killed or abandoned. The people with Down syndrome used to be called Mongolian idiots and the syndrome was called mongolism. This comes from the people thinking that Down syndrome individuals resembled Mongolians. It doesn’t only affect the individual