| Dr. John Langdon Down, born in 1828 and
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| | research, I distributed twenty open-ended
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| died in 1896, was the medical
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| | questionnaires to ten males and ten
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| superintendent of the Royal Earlswood
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| | females of an all Caucasian population.
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| Asylum for Idiots in London. He studied
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| | The total population had ages ranging
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| what he termed Mongolian idiocy which was
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| | from twenty years to sixty years.
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| based on the measurements of the head and
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| | Approximately one-third of the population
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| palate. This became a racial stereotype
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| | studied came from Peoria, Illinois.
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| in that Asian descendants were called
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| | Close to one-third of the population
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| Mongoloids, but they are not directly
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| | resided in cities south of Peoria,
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| related to Mongolian idiocy, now termed
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| | Illinois and roughly another third of the
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| Down syndrome or Trisomy 21 (Ward,
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| | population I chose lived just north of
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| 2004).More than six thousand babies with
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| | Peoria, Illinois. The majority of my
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| Down syndrome are born in the United
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| | subjects had some college education,
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| States each year. Down syndrome occurs
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| | while a portion had a high school diploma
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| in all races, ethnic groups,
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| | and a few had a college degree. Annual
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| socioeconomic classes, and nationalities.
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| | household incomes ranged from zero to
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| Genetics play a major role in Down
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| | twenty-five thousand dollars to more than
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| syndrome. A person without Down syndrome
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| | sixty-five thousand dollars with the
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| has forty-six chromosomes, while a person
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| | majority earning over sixty-five
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| with Down syndrome has forty-seven. This
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| | thousands dollars a year. Of the twenty
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| results from cell division, which is how
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| | subjects, there were various religions
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| the chromosomes divide between the sperm
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| | reported, such as Methodist, Catholic,
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| and egg, usually twenty-three for each.
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| | Presbyterian, and Lutheran,
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| Down syndrome is determined by looking at
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| | nondenominational Christian. I did not
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| a karyotype or a picture of chromosomes
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| | find any correlations between the
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| after cell division is complete.
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| | residence, education, income, or religion
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| Chromosomes can be taken through amniotic
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| | of my subjects and Down Syndrome. Over
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| fluid, usually done by an amniocentesis.
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| | half of the subjects studied knew one or
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| Down syndrome is characterized by looking
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| | more persons with Sown syndrome, while
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| at the twenty-first chromosome which has
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| | seven said they did not know anyone with
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| three chromosomes instead of two, thus
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| | Down syndrome.I did discover that the
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| called Trisomy 21 (Stray-Gundersen,
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| | majority of females tend to be more
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| 1995). Persons with Down syndrome have
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| | passive and positive about Down syndrome,
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| many different physical characteristics,
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| | whereas most of the males had more
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| such as low muscle tone, small facial
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| | realistically, yet negative comments
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| features, a protruding tongue, smaller
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| | related to Down syndrome. Age did play a
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| head circumference, short stature, and
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| | factor in my research in that the
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| small, webbed hands and feet.My research
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| | subjects, age twenty to forty-five, have
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| is based on the social-conflict theory
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| | less knowledge about Down syndrome.
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| because society fears what they do not
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| | Eleven people said that the maternal age
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| understand, therefore, conflict arises
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| | of a newborn with Down syndrome is over
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| within the socialization of a person with
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| | thirty-five years. I found that the more
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| Down syndrome. My hypothesis is that
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| | personal experience an individual has
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| society has a negative perspective of
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| | with Down syndrome, the more knowledge
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| individuals with Down syndrome. For my
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| | they have about this defect.
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