Super Duper® Handy Handouts!™ Number 116 What is Down Syndrome? by Becky L. Spivey‚ M.Ed. What is Down syndrome? Down syndrome is a congenital disorder stemming from a chromosomal abnormality appearing in one of every 800 births. It is the most common genetic disorder affecting more than 5‚000 babies born in the United States each year. This syndrome occurs when one chromosome has an extra “part‚” an error occurs in cell division‚ or an extra chromosome exists resulting in 47 chromosomes. Most
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BABY BOOMERS: AN INSIGHT IN TO HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY Trends and future AJAY THAMPI THARAYIL JAYADEEP 110112562 MIHM The post world war era was a time of peace and opportunities. The safety level of life drastically increased and people started to look forward to the future for safer better and more productive conditions. The generation of people who were born immediately after the World War II (1946) and before 1964
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Baby Boom In Canada there are is around thirty- four million people who vary in age. There are people who range from the age of zero to one hundred plus. More people come into Canada every year causing the average ages to go up and down. As our country gets older the people of the country get older as well. The further we advance into the future‚ more things are being discovered throughout the years. The baby boom in 1946 till 1964 has brought in a lot of babies‚ and ever since then they have been
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Babies is a 2010 documentary that follows the lives of four newborn infants from different parts of the world.1 These babies come from diverse cultures‚ which influence their development. The film lacks narration; this allows the audience on the babies and their contacts with their surroundings. The four babies are from Ponijao from Namibia‚ Mari from Tokyo in Japan‚ Bayar from Mongolia‚ and Hattie from San Francisco‚ USA.1 The documentary highlights the children’s physical‚ cognitive‚ and social-emotional
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this matter. First of all‚ the female is wrong because she is the one who born the baby and abandon him or her. The girl has to make decision alone‚ and they do not have anyone to turn to and the man by then is not there anymore. To them‚ it is their fault because they are pregnant. The man does not want to get married with them. Men irresponsibility also contributes to the women’s decision to dumped their baby because he did not want the child. So it’s not fair to blame baby’s mother only‚
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Introduction Fetal alcohol syndrome is the most common preventable form of mental retardation in the world. FAS causes a range of disorders‚ is found in all ethnic groups and populations and is most prevalent is impoverished communities. In South Africa‚ epidemiological studies have shown that rural populations in the Western Cape are particularly affected and have FAS rates exceeding those reported in other world communities. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a series of birth defects caused by
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The Aftermath of Racial Prejudice in “Desiree’s Baby” The 1800s‚ an era of racial prejudice and discrimination‚ concentrated itself prominently in the southern states. Southern societies lived by the “one-drop rule” where “a person who looks white but has a ‘drop’ of black ‘blood’ is labeled black” (Peel par. 15). In “Desiree’s Baby‚” this strict rule allows Armand Aubigny to betray his family when he discovers their black heritage (but‚ in reality‚ Aubigny has the black heritage). With the era
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Introduction The documentary Babies by Thomas Balmès is a film that takes place in four very different locations around the world. The documentary follows four babies and their families from when they are first born as they grow up and are able to walk. We watch Ponijao grow up in Namibia‚ Bayar grow up in Mongolia‚ Hattie grow up in San Francisco‚ and Mari grow up in Tokyo. Because the babies are from such different places‚ the documentary allows us to see what it is like growing up in cultures
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Down Syndrome‚ or DS‚ occurs when a trisomy is found in the twenty-first chromosome leaving three genetically identical chromatids. Down Syndrome is often seen as a disability that limits people while society is also portraying it as a defining characteristic that makes these unique people societal outcasts. Down Syndrome is taken very lightly instead of receiving the attention and care that it requires. In order to understand Down Syndrome‚ one must know the outcome and impact of Down Syndrome‚ one
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What a Diagnosis of Down Syndrome Means Today Down syndrome is a condition affecting many Americans and individuals across the world. It presents challenges socially‚ academically‚ and behaviorally. However‚ a diagnosis today is not nearly as detrimental to the person’s quality of life as it was decades ago. Strides have been made in Down syndrome awareness‚ education and overall acceptance. Screening is now available so that parents know in advance if they are going to have a child born with
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