Down Syndrome- A common chromosome disorder due to an extra chromosome number 21 (trisomy 21). When this happens people with this syndrome experience delays in mentality and a change in facial characteristics.
Some of the most common misunderstood facts:
Myth - Most children with Down Syndrome are born to older parents.
Fact - Most children with Down Syndrome are born to women younger than 35 years old simply because younger women have more children.
Myth - People with Down Syndrome are servery retarded.
Fact - Most people with Down Syndrome have IQ's that fall in the mild to moderate range
of intellectual disability.
Myth - People with Down Syndrome are always happy.
Fact - People with Down Syndrome have feelings just like everyone else in the population. They experience the full range of emotion. They They respond to positive expressions of friendship and they are hurt and upset byu inconsiderate behavior.
