Nature of the disorder Down syndrome is a genetic disorder, not an illness or a disease. Another name for Down syndrome is ‘Trismony 21’. Down syndrome is caused by an error in the cell division where an extra chromosome appears, being the 21st chromosome. When a baby is being produced, the inherited details from the child’s parents are 46 chromosomes in total, usually 23 chromosomes from each parent alone. In all instances of Down syndrome, a child gets an extra chromosome because of the error
Introduction: Down syndrome is one of the many genetic diseases that can be traced off a gene. I like to expand my knowledge of Down syndrome is mostly because of my involvement with Special Olympics. My sorority, Alpha Sigma Alpha, is national partners with Special Olympics. I have encountered many participants that have Down syndrome. I would like to do more research of the topic, since I am curious of how the disease functions and how it occurs. In addition, I have some friends that have relatives
In the article, “Does Down Syndrome Justify Abortion?,” by Mark Lawrence Schrad in The New York Times, it explains the importance of research and understanding. The article describes a family who finds out through tests that they are pregnant with a 50/50 chance of a Down syndrome daughter. Knowing that there is a chance that their child could be born with Down syndrome, they are left with a difficult choice; abort as suggested by their medical team or continue with the pregnancy and take the risk
The Memory Keeper's Daughter, authored by Kim Edwards is a poignant story about how Dr. David Henry gives away his new born daughter, who is later named Phoebe, because she is born with Down syndrome. He keeps his son Paul because he is a normal healthy baby. This event happens unbeknownst to his wife Norah. He is able to do all this because he personally delivers the babies with the help of his nurse, Caroline Gill who is secretly in love with him and is willing to do anything for him. David’s
and responds to sounds even before birth. The ear can be divided into three parts leading up to the brain – the outer ear (ear canal and ear drum), middle ear (3 small bones called ossicles) and the inner ear (cochlea and hair cells): Sound travels down the ear canal, striking the eardrum and causing it to vibrate.These vibrations from cause the ossicles to vibrate which, in turn, create movement of the fluid or cochlea in the inner ear. This, in its turn, cause disturbances in hair cells which consequently
1. Down syndrome is a genetic condition. Down syndrome is caused by an error in the cell division, there is an extra chromosome. People with Down syndrome have 47 chromosomes in their cells instead of 46. Down syndrome is also known as Trisomy 21, called nondisjunction. This leaves a sperm or egg cell with an extra copy of chromosome before or at conception. Down syndrome continues to be the most common chromosomal disorder. Each year about 6000 babies are born. Between 1979 and 2003, the number
Introduction Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a condition triggered by a deletion or disturbance of genes in the proximal arm of chromosome 15 or by maternal disomy in the proximal arm of chromosome 15. Generally related charactnnneristics of this syndrome include weakened fetal activity, obesity, hypotonia, mental obstruction, short build, hypogonadotropicl hypogonadism, strabismus, and slight hands and feet. In 1887, Langdon Down defined the first patient with Prader-Willi syndrome as a teenage girl with
self-contained special education teacher named Torey Hayden and her struggle to unite six very different students into one cohesive classroom unit. Two of the students in the classroom, Dirkie and Leslie, have intellectual disabilities where as the other children in the class have either a learning disability, emotional behavioral disorder, or both. During the course of the year Leslie’s mother Ladbrooke turns to Torey with her struggle with alcoholism and begins to work as a volunteer/assistant in Torey’s
Marlo Jenner once stated, “That is the difference between St. Jude's and all other children's hospitals. The other hospitals are not bad at all; they're good hospitals, but they're just working with what they know, and St. Jude's is working with what nobody else knows, because they're doing research.” Although St. Jude looks like every other hospital from the outside, the patients, families, and doctors allow the interior of St. Jude to stand out amongst all other hospitals around the world. Last
however is a heated conversation about the worth and quality of life of someone with disabilities specifically Down’s Syndrome. The discussion is on the subject of whether allowing the life of someone born with Downs Syndrome, and all the hardships that come with it, is a life worth starting. This paper will take a look at the Ethical Dilemma of aborting babies with Down Syndrome, the Christian worldview of the quality of life, and the options