Essays Tagged: "Down"
Down syndrome
Down's syndrome is a genetic condition involving an extra chromosome, this change occurs around the ... tion involving an extra chromosome, this change occurs around the time of conception. A person with Down's syndrome has forty-seven chromosomes instead of the usual forty-six. A relatively common gene ... e has forty-seven chromosomes instead of the usual forty-six. A relatively common genetic disorder, Down's strikes 1 out of 600 babies. In 95 percent of all cases, the disorder originates with the egg ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
The responsibilities of haveing children. This covers (although in not much detail) almost all the aspects one should look at before having children and while pregnant.
utcome of their pregnancy when they learn of their child's diagnosis before delivery."Screening for Down's syndrome based on maternal age and routine ultrasound testing is considerably more effective ... he British Medical Journal.The results call into question the widespread use of serum screening for Down's syndrome, according to the study's lead author. "If you asked most obstetricians about the ev ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Down syndrom
Down Syndrom EssayName of condition: Down Syndrom The word syndrome means a collection of signs or c ... condition: Down Syndrom The word syndrome means a collection of signs or characteristics. The name Down comes from the doctor, John Langdon Down, who first described the condition in 1866. There are ... don Down, who first described the condition in 1866. There are more differences between people with Down's syndrome than there are similarities. They will have many of their families' distinctive char ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Baron-Cohen, Leslie and Frith.
have a theory of mind?Method:Laboratory experimentSample:There were 3 groups:20 autistic children14 Downs syndrome27 clinically normalProcedure:A simple scenario is acted out using 2 dolls, Sally and ... ccurately.Belief Question-Group Not answering belief question correctlyAutistic 4/20Downs 12/14Clinically normal 23/27Conclusions:The results quite clearly show that th ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Down Syndrome
Down Syndrome According to Dr. Stephen Trumble there is evidence in ancient art of people with triso ... eople with trisomy 21 being part of the human race for thousands of years. In 1866 Dr. John Langdon Down, director of an asylum in Surrey, England, was the first to notice and describe the facial simi ... eir supposed likeness to the people from Mongolia. During this time people didn't know the cause of Down Syndrome, in the early part of the twentieth century people thought many things could be the ca ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Compare And Contrast Medical And Psychological Models For Understanding And Intervening In Children’s Development.
ger part, in pursuing the interests of the child. This essay seeks to compare the two models, using Down's Syndrome and autism as the main vehicles for analysis and discussion and to contrast how the ... ilestones. Thus, there is an (unwitting) attempt to homogenise individuals within social norms.With Down's Syndrome it is now clearly understood as a congenital condition. Although there are several v ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
People
mb, surely this is my only option. As I slowly pull my finger back I….. The snow was falling down and the smell of winter was in the air. January was coming in soon. My life was a disaster. I d ... e image of my dad, something inside felt comforting and brave. I opened the basement door. I walked down to the basement, knowing that my Dad was with meIt grew louder and louder! The noise was coming ...
Subjects: Art Essays