Misconceptions Of Down Syndrome

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

mother could have a Down Syndrome baby even though there was never any sign of

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.

For the purpose of this assignment, this section of the paper will critically reflect and analyze the portrayal of people with Down Syndrome in mass media. I chose to specifically evaluate CBC New’s portrayal because it is one of our greatest sources of news in British Columbia. This section will look into several of CBC’s most recent news stories that are about people with down syndrome and the adversity they face. We will see that there is a common trend towards advocating for these people as well as trying to rid Down Syndrome from being seen as a disability.

Children are our future; our future scientists, doctors, teachers, president and so much more. It is hard not to notice the number of young parents nowadays that have children. the average age range for mothers giving birth is 20-34. With the current up rise of babies being born to young mothers, I could not help but think about how age plays a factor into birth effects. Down syndrome is the most common single cause of human birth defects. The most common form of Down syndrome is known as trisomy 21, a genetic condition where individuals have 47 chromosomes in each cell instead of 46. Trisomy 21 is caused by an error in cell division called nondisjunction, which leaves a sperm or egg cell with an extra copy of chromosome 21 before or at conception.

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

I know a few people who all deal with different things in their lives. One thing that sticks out that I see a lot in real life and with movies is Down Syndrome. I know some people who deal with down syndrome on a daily base. I won't be naming anyone. With this paper I will go through the six theoretical models. I must say with writing this paper I will try to not say the person's name, but sometimes my typing gets ahead of me.

On September 10, 2011, Gilberto Powell, a Down syndrome man, was walking home from his friend's house, less than one block away from his own home, when he was stopped by two Miami-Dade police officers. The officers had stopped him due to their suspicion that Powell had a weapon on him. What the two officers believed to be a weapon was simply a colostomy bag that Gilberto wore on his waist. The officers tried to do a pat-down search of the 22-year-old man. Gilberto became frightened by the two officers and pushed off the car in an attempt to flee to his home. Police say that they gave multiple commands for him to stop moving, when he fell on the ground and hit his head. He still tried to escape by hitting one of the officers in the chest. The officer then struck Gilberto in the face with an open hand in an attempt to subdue him. He was then handcuffed. The officers then forcibly removed the colostomy bag.

With today’s technological advances people should look up a web site, www.ndss.org, specifically for information on people with Down syndrome. In today’s societies a person with Down syndrome still fall into common misconception about who or why they were born Down syndrome. Common misconceptions for a person with Down syndrome consists of them being contagious, they have three of every chromosome, and the umbilical cord wraps around their neck while in the womb. Everyone should mark their calendars for March twenty-first, national world Down syndrome

Down syndrome “is one of the most common genetic conditions”, which is caused when there is a “sporadic mutation that results in an extra chromosome 21” (Hobson-Rohrer, Samson-Fang, 2013). Each person is born with 46 chromosomes, one set of 23 from each parent, but a person with down syndrome has a total of 47 chromosomes because they have an extra chromosome 21. “The extra chromosome disrupts the normal course of development and results in the physical features and intellectual and developmental disabilities associated with the syndrome” (Down Syndrome). “The extra 21st chromosome cause biochemical changes that redirect brain development” (McDevitt & Ormrod, 2013). Although Down Syndrome is one of the more common genetic conditions, the chance of a child being born with this disease is 1 in 691. This statistic decreases the older a woman is when she becomes pregnant. For women between the ages of 35-39 years’ old, the chance of having a child with Down syndrome is 1 in 270 (Hobson-Rohrer, Samson-Fang, 2013). This essay will discuss how Down syndrome affects children’s cognitive, physical, and social development as well as how research recommends accommodating a child with down syndrome in a classroom.

I don’t remember what exactly startled her or why she was crying in the first place. It happened during Sunday school. We were all about eight years old and she was about twelve years old who was placed in your class. I don’t know what happened but while our teacher tried to start the lesson, she started to freak out. She was sitting underneath a table, yelling for her mom and crying. We all didn’t know what to do. The teacher chose to just ignore her while she cried very loudly. I was the one sitting the closest to her. I had a bible that had pictures included in it at the time. I gave her my bible and showed her the pictures. I don’t understand how that calmed her down, but she took the bible from me and looked through each page in awe.

According to the global down syndrome foundation, here are 17 myth and facts about down syndrome.

On July 24, 2006, my twin siblings, Audrey and Austin, were born. My parents sat my

Are people with down syndrome being treated adequately? Being in school with people who have down syndrome doesn't really have an influence on me , I don't have an issue with going to school with Down syndrome citizens because I believe everybody is equal. However, it does bother me when I see other classmates laughing and teasing kids with down syndrome. I have noticed in today's society they don't really want down syndrome people involved in their everyday life. They laugh and tell jokes about citizens with this disorder. Society doesn't realize what we say matters. When you laugh or joke about people with down syndrome they know, and it hurts them more than you think it does. Yes, they may have behavior issues, but at some point in your own life you did too. So don't be arrogant, don't laugh, be supportive, teach them wrong from right, be patient with them, eventually they will understand.